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American garden, 50.
Approach, 19. Direction of, 21.

Site of entrance of, 23. Line
through the Park, 25, Gates
on, 28.
Termination of, 28.

Roadway of, 29. Decoration of,
30. Villa, 204.
Approach, the Fine, 33.
Araucaria, 271.

Arboretum, 228. General Idea of,

230. Scientific treatment of,
231. Principles of arrangement,
233. Synopsis of orders and
genera, 234. Conspectus, 244.
Application of principles, 247.
Transference of system to the
ground, 248. Decorative treat-
ment, 251. Soils and surfaces,
253. Arboretum in the plea-
sure-grounds, 254; in the woods,

256.

Artificial style, 81.

Ash, 87. Weeping ash, 96.

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Cupressus, species of, 263.
Cypress, upright, 95, 263. Chi-
nese weeping, 97.
Dotting system, 76.
Deodar, 90.

Elm, English, and Scotch or Wych,
88.

Educational Institutions, gardens
of, 164.

Evergreens, planting and trans-
planting of, 121.

Fences, 128. Boundary, 129. In-
ternal, 129. Pleasure-ground,
131. Malleable iron, 131. Sunk
fence, 132. Walls and hedges,

133.

Firs in the Pinetum, 264. Forms
of, 91, 264.
Fitzroya, 263.

Flower-garden, 44. Site of, 45.
Ground-colour of, 45. Parterres
in, 47. Mixed flower-garden,
51. Artistical decoration, 52.
Shelter of, 54.

Forms of single trees, 84. Broad
round-headed, 87. Conical, 90.
Upright or oblongated, 94. Pen-
dulous, 95. In the Pinetum,
261.

Forms of trees in combination, 103.
Round-headed, 103. Conical,
104. Intermingling of, 106.
Forcing garden, 152.
Forcing houses, 153.
Fruit garden, 152.

Gates, style of, 24. On the prin-
cipal approach, 28.
Glyptostrobus, 264.
Greenhouses, 154, 200.

Ground, natural character, 63.
Acquired character, 64.

Group, 69
Grouping of plantations, 74.
Head of lake, 137.
Holly, 91.

Horticultural Gardens, 179. Lay-

ing-out of, 182. Museum, 186.
House, 1. Site of, 2. Shelter of,
6. Position in the park, 7.
Style of, 10, 198. Arrangement
of interior, 11. Supply of water
for, 5. Drainage, 4.
Ilex, 89.
Islands, 136.

Jet fountains, 141.
Juniperus, 261.

Kitchen garden, relations of, 144,
Site, 145. Drainage, 147. Soil,
148. Form, 149. Walls, 151.
Villa, 206.

Lake, artificial, 134.

Larch, 94. In Pinetum, 267.
Landscape gardening compared
with landscape painting, 216.
Its processes partially tentative,

222.

Landscape, composition of, in the
pleasure-grounds, 36.
Laurels, 42, 44.

Lawns, formation of, 58.
Libocedrus, 262.

Lime-tree, 88.
Lodge, 24.

Macrocachrys, 272.
Mass of wood, 70.
Oak, 88. Evergreen, 89.
Offices attached to the house, 17.
Ornamental characters of trees, 84.
Of single trees, 86. Of trees in
combination, 103. In the Pine-
tum, 261.

Park, 60. Unity of, 61. Natural

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Rivers, artificial, 140.

Roads, 29, 194. Through planta-

tions, 113. Secondary roads, 30.
Rockworks, 53.

Rosary, 49.

Salisburia, 273.
Saxe-Gothea, 272.

Seclusion, 66, 203.

Sequoia, 272.

Shelter of house, 6.

Site of the house, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9.
Stable court, 17.
Stairs, 43.
Statues, 53.

Street gardens, 166.
Sycamore, or Maple, 87.
Synopsis of Natural Orders and
genera for Arboretum, 234.
Table of temperatures of soil, 124.
Taxodium, 264.
Taxus, 273.

Terraces, 38. Walls of, 40. Grass
slopes of, 41. Banks and shrubs
on, 42. Stairs of, 43. Upper
surfaces of, 43.

Thinning of trees, 117.

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210. The leading varieties of
villa scenery, 210. The pleasure-
ground villa, 211. The park
villa, 213.

Walks, 43, 46, 56. Formation, 57.
Water, supply of, for the house, 5.
Water, ornamental, 134. Artificial
lake, 134. Islands in, 136.
Head of lake, 137. Artificial

rivers, 140. Jet fountains, 141.
Water as an ornament in public
parks, 162. Villa, 210.
Willow, weeping, 96.
Wire fences, 28, 131, 214.
Yew, 89.
Irish yew, 95.
Pinetum, 273.

Zoological gardens, 188.

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