This section is from the book "The Villa Gardener", by J. C. Loudon. Also available from Amazon: The Villa Gardener.
239. Country villas, even of the smallest fixe, differ from suburban villas, in not being regulated in the situation of the house by any street or road. Hitherto, we have been limited, by the necessity of keeping the front of the house in a line with the fronts of other houses; and by the right-ined boundary of the garden, as well as by its comparatively limited extent; but new we are released from these trammels, unless we except some cases where a plot of ground of a few acres in extent, may be bordered by straight lines, which is no great disadvantage in this comparatively large space, and mors especially where the ground has an irregular surface. We shall, therefore, in these designs, be enabled to introduce greater variety, as well as a greater number of objects, in each design. If to irregularity of outline, and the extent of a few acres, irregularity of surface be added, and the choice left as to the situation of the house, all the leading desiderata necessary to make a fine place are present; and, whether such a place be produced or not, will, all other circumstances (such as climate, soil, water, etc.) being favourable, depend on the taste of the designer, and the liberality of his employer in regard to the sum to be laid out.
 
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