This section is from the book "The Villa Gardener", by J. C. Loudon. Also available from Amazon: The Villa Gardener.
99. To lay out and plant a larger garden of the same kind, and for the attainment of the same objects, all the difference would be, that, instead of one shrub in the front garden, there should be several; and, instead of one row of trees in the back garden, there should be two, or perhaps three; or, what would be much better, that the trees should be planted in quincunx, as shown in fig. 32., so as to give the appearance of breadth to the centre of the lawn, and to make the garden seem much larger than it really is. The walks would still be laid with flagstones, or some description of pavement; the walls would be planted with ivy; and the house would still be left without a vine, a fig, or a rose, trained against it. Fig. 32. is the plan of a suburban street residence, the house and front and back gardens of which occupy a space 60 ft. in width, by 200 ft. in length. Here the entrance walk (a) passes through the centre of the front garden, on each side of which there is a grass plot, with a large shrub in the centre, and smaller ones at each angle.
There is a servants entrance at one side at b, and a sunk area, both before and behind; that in front being narrow, and serving merely to keep the walla dry, while that behind is broad, and contains a larder, bottle-rack, and similar conveniences required for a house of the second rate. The back garden is planted with four rows of low trees, two near each walk, in quincunx, leaving a broad space in the middle, about 100 ft. in length, well adapted for a party walking backwards and forwards on in the summer season, for a dance, or for placing a tent on, for sitting under, at the farther end. A garden of this kind might be laid out and planted for 30l. or 40l.; and kept perfectly neat for 30s. or 40s. a year.

 
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