. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . views. This gives a moresecluded character to the [)lace, furnishes a more unobstructed and ruralview across the grounds, and affords a warmer aspect for the garden andplantation. Planting and keeping such a home as this need not be expensive. Theportion immediately contiguous to the dwelling, may be neatly keptsheared once a w^ek with the scythe. A wire fence may separate thispart from the more extensive pasture beyond, which may be made toassume the character of a park by being planted with ornamental
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . views. This gives a moresecluded character to the [)lace, furnishes a more unobstructed and ruralview across the grounds, and affords a warmer aspect for the garden andplantation. Planting and keeping such a home as this need not be expensive. Theportion immediately contiguous to the dwelling, may be neatly keptsheared once a w^ek with the scythe. A wire fence may separate thispart from the more extensive pasture beyond, which may be made toassume the character of a park by being planted with ornamental andshade trees. The view (fig. IG) at the head of the next page, represents afarm residence of the better class, with about an acre ofneatly kept lawn, beyond which there are twenty or thirty acres inter- Aspersed with fine spreading trees of the chestnut, oak, black walnut, .maple and ash, and which affords valuable pasturage for sheep, which j^/) keep the grass trimmed short. The reader is requested to contrast the A fSc:^= ^ —=^=^ 242 ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER -=^^^. Fig. here seen, with the appearance the same would present if plantedin stiff geometric rows. The plan (fig. 17) on the following page, also copied from Kemp,* ex-hibits a place where a small lake is embraced witliin this wire-fencebomidary. This lake, which covers an acre and a-half, was made in acurious manner. Its place was occupied by a number of old marl-pitsfilled with clear water. These were bordered with old oaks of stuntedgrowth, and picturesque masses of thorn, furze, and other would have looked upon this as a most unsuitable place for the frontof a flue mansion. With a little excavation, the pits were thrown into onefor the lake ; the islands being formed out of uuremoved portions of thedivision banks. A little dressing converted the wild growth of the treesand shrubs into appropriate clothing for the islands and banks. Theislands with their covering, served to
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