Practical landscape gardening : with reference to the improvement of rural residences, giving the general principles of the art : with full directions for planting shade trees, shrubbery and flowers, and laying out grounds . cheaper. Where a gardener is employed to do a plainjob of this kind, if a man of little taste, as buttoo often happens, he invariably thinks it neces-sary to introduce some little fanciful additions of THE PLEASUKE-G ROUND. 195 his own, by the aid of which he generally suc-ceeds, if permitted, in spoiling the ^yhole simplicity is attempted, it should be duly car
Practical landscape gardening : with reference to the improvement of rural residences, giving the general principles of the art : with full directions for planting shade trees, shrubbery and flowers, and laying out grounds . cheaper. Where a gardener is employed to do a plainjob of this kind, if a man of little taste, as buttoo often happens, he invariably thinks it neces-sary to introduce some little fanciful additions of THE PLEASUKE-G ROUND. 195 his own, by the aid of which he generally suc-ceeds, if permitted, in spoiling the ^yhole simplicity is attempted, it should be duly car-ried out; where intricacy is desired, it can be had;but a grafting of one upon the other will neversucceed. In Figure 5, thehouse is situated be-tween groups of flowersand shrubbery. Thefoot entrance of theGarden is from onestreet directly frontingthe ground. The car-riage-way is from thelower street; it passeson from the gate tothe front of the house,and from there to thestables, situated on the A, House ; B, Fountain ; C, Stable-yard ;back part Ot the pre- ^ Kitchen-garden; E, Carriage-entrance; F,T) 1 • 1 xi Foot-entrance; G, Orchard. mises. isehmd the house, the outhouses are situated, in a group of 196 PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE GARDENING. A group of shade-trees is planted at the backcorner of the house. A belt of trees and shruhsconceals the boundary fence of the front place. The Vegetable-garden is placed back of thehouse, joining the stable-yard, and surrounded bya belt of Shrubbery. The walk leading to theKitchen-garden, passes through a group of loftytrees, which afford shade to the house. Two groups of Flowers are in front of thehouse; also a group of flowers on each side ofthe house. Passing the house, the approach road enters agroup of Evergreens, on its way to the stable-yard ; fruit-trees are planted in the lawn. The margin of the belt surrounding the frontGarden, should be composed of flowering Shrub-bery and Flowers, united in bold, conspicuous masses;b
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