2. Terrace, Garden, and Conservatory. We observed, when treating of ground, and under the ancient style, that the design of the terrace must be jointly influenced by the magnitude and style of the house, the views from its win dows, (that is, from the eye of a person seated in the middle of the principal rooms) and the views of the house from a distance. In almost every case, more or less of architec tural productions will enter into these compositions. The level or levels will be supported partly by grassy slopes, but chiefly by bevelled walls harmonising with the lines and forms of the house. These, in the Gothic style, may be furnished by battlements, gateways, oriels, pinnacles, &c. ; or, on a very great scale, watch towers may form very *tut esque, characteristic, and useful additions, The Grecian style may, in like manner, be finished by parapets, balustrades, and other Roman appendages.
The grounds enclosed by the terrace walks are generally laid out in what may be termed terrace gardens, or borders of low select evergreen shrubs, roses, and flowers, and in a convenient place was lormerly added a bowling-green. Connected with this scene, and with the library, or sonic other public room, should be placed the conservatory ; which, in the present improved state of horticultural archi tecture, and chiefly by the invention of a solid iron sash bar, may be formed of any shape, extent, and dimension ; and so as thus to admit the full growth of the plants. k 3. Flower Garden and Green-house. When all the hot houses, that are not mere are attached to the conservatory, so as to form roe extensive range, which is much the most desirable mode, the green-house may be placed in the flower. garden ; and bath should be at no great distance from the terrace. There are various styles of ; from those combining some degree of pic turesque beauty, to the Dutch parterre, laid out in paral lelograms or oblong beds. See HORTICULTURE.
4. Winter Garden and Hot-houses. The name suggests the proper trees, slit ubs, and flowering plants of this scene. Where the pine, cametia, rose, exotic and plant stoves are not placed in the kitchen-garden, or arranged in connection with the conservatory en suite with the principal rooms, they may be placed in the winter-garden, and connected by a glazed passage with the Louse. The arrangement of ore necessary to complete its beauty. Pheasants and other game, ranging, undismayed by mate in garden scenes, give a high idea of seclusion and removal front common nature. The cawing of rooks, the shrieking of the owl, the screams of peacocks, the notes of birds, are all desirable circum stances in certain situations, and ought to be attended to, by introducing such trees or plants as are favourable to their increase. The smoke of a cottage, or a farm house ; the
view of a distant village, or the spire of a church, become interesting in Certain t 1CWS ; and, with a thousand other instances of natural expression, in a great measure hcyond the reach of at t, will be sought for and turned to account by the judicious artist.• Or' ritE L NlON OF TilE aI ATER' ALS OF IN FORMING TIIE CONST1FUENT FARTS OF A COUNTRY RESID F. NCF..
plants in the stoves and winter-garden may either be natu ral, that is, in groups of each kind, in imitat4on o' natural scenery, or according to Jussicu's Systema Xaturc. Al most any art angement is better than the common mixture, in which the oily guide is the height of the plants.
The Kitchen Garden should be placed near to, and con• nected with the winter-garden, with concealed entrances and roads leading to the domestic offices for culinary pur poses, and to the stables and farm buildings for manure. In these, if not otherwise disposed of, may be placed the forcing-houses. For what concerns the design of kitchen gardens and orchards, see HoRTIeunTurrz.
These scenes, in the ancient style, with massy stone walls or ornamented gates, and crossed by immense holly hedges, were at least more grand in effect than the modern gardens.
6. Orchard, the situation of this should, all other, circum stances being suitable, be near to the garden ; and between them may be very properly placed the gardener's house ; connected with the furnace, sheds, fruit rooms, &c. An elevated room, commanding a view of both scenes, should be adopted as the bed-chamber of the principal gardener ; from this room wires may be conducted to each forcing house, and there attached to Kewley's alarm thermometer, one of which should be placed in each house in a state of forcing. This thermometer, on the least, or on any given depression or elevation of the mercury from the desired temperature, will ring the bell, and the master gardener can then, by means of a speaking tube, communicating with the journeymen's room, issue proper instructions as to the particular house requiring an accession of fuel, &c. In like manner, if necessary, wires may be stretched across the orchard in different directions, and about three feet from the ground, which by being ,pressed against by any in truder, will set off an alarum, or discharge a spring gun in the orchard, and ring a bell in the master gardener's prospect room.