. An encyclopædia of gardening; . wer-garden south-east or south-west of the house, and between it and the kitchen-garden, is in general a desirable circumstance. In a design for a villa farm {), supposing the en-trance-front of the house ya), to face the north-west, Ihen the farm-offices {b), liorse-pond (c), &c. may beplaced to the north-east; the kitchen-yard {d) and livery-stable-yard {e) to the south-west: against thesemaybe placed the exotic hot-houses, looking to the flower-garden (/), and beyond this the Americangarden (g), and lastly, the kitchen-garden (A), and walk through
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . wer-garden south-east or south-west of the house, and between it and the kitchen-garden, is in general a desirable circumstance. In a design for a villa farm {), supposing the en-trance-front of the house ya), to face the north-west, Ihen the farm-offices {b), liorse-pond (c), &c. may beplaced to the north-east; the kitchen-yard {d) and livery-stable-yard {e) to the south-west: against thesemaybe placed the exotic hot-houses, looking to the flower-garden (/), and beyond this the Americangarden (g), and lastly, the kitchen-garden (A), and walk through the farm (/). If concealed approaches tothe farm and stable-offices (c, n,) and from the kitchen-garden to the kitchen {h, e, </,) be contrived, suchan arrangement will be found to combine both elegance and economy, and to admit of bringing the wirefence {m), which separates the mown from the fed lawn, near the house, without being unsightly : a de-sirable object in farm villas, as it saves mowing, and increases 6080. In exposure and asjyeci, the flower-garden should be laid out as much as pos-sible on the same principles as the kitchen-garden (2390.), not only on account of theadvantages to be derived from the full influence of the sun during winter on the hot-house department, but also for the better enjoyment of the open air scenes, in weatherfavorable for walking out of doors. It should not be naturally low in surface, nor ofa wet retentive soil, nor rendered damp and gloomy by surrounding high trees, or loftywalls or buildings. If it happen that a house be nearly surrounded by a flower-garden,the variety of aspect tlience afforded will be favorable to the continuance of the bloomof our flowers, far beyond what can be obtained if confined to a southern , south-east, and east, are the aspects most advantageous to the grovvfth of flowers;and, possessing these varieties of exposure, the bloom of a garden may be protractedsome weeks beyond the time
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