6206. Our objections to the mode o f planting here are various. The timber trees placed
near the palace are too numerous, because in a few years they v'ill obscure it by tlieir
height; and the shrubs and flowers wc think ought to have been more concentrated,
and confined to tlie immediate neighbourhood of the palace. The shapes of the dug
masses of shrubs and flowers are much too formal. There is a want of evergreens;
partly owing to the severity of the climate, and partly because tlie art of protecting
them by deciduous timber trees is not understood in either Germany or France. The
last objection which wc shall make is, that, for an imitation of nature, there are by far
too many single trees. When ivc consider, however, that there arc no good models of this
stylo of gardening in Wirtemberg, the wonder is more that things are generally done so
well, than that some errors should have been committed. The circular and oval clumps
of flowers arc not only too formal in themselves for this style, but they bear no relation
to the suiTounding forms and lines ; they do not form a whole.
6207. The roads in the park at Rosenstcm arc formed with extraordinary care, by
first causewaying them like a street, and afterwards coating them over with stones
broken very small, in imitation of grai’cl. We disapproi'e of this mode, both on account
of the expense, and of the want of durability and firmness in the upper coating. A
macadamised road, powerfully rolled, so as to give a pressure on every part three or
four times greater than could ever come upon it by cominon use, would have been cheaper
and more durable.
6208. The surface o f the park has been materially altered by excavations in somc
places, and by filling up in others. The expense of changes of this son is enormous ;
and, after they have been made, it very seldom happens that there is much to shmv for
them. As far as we were able to form an opinion on the spot, they might have been in
a great measure dispensed with at Rosenstein. Wc should have preierred the same
sums laid out in raising 'the house, and fonning round it a broad architectural terrace,
from which the surface might have sloped in every direction; not uniformly, but as
nature directed. Even without a terrace, the house would have had a better effect if
placed on a higher platform; and the removal of earth, to elf ect this, would, in our
opinion, have been more justifiable, than for smoothing and taming down inequalities,
which, by planting, might have been converted into beauties. The prevailing idea of
subjecting every thing to mle in this park, instead of acting on the principle of imitating
beautiful nature, is the fundamental cause ofthis ciTor, and of all its other defects.
6209. The villa may be nothing more than a park with a house of smaller size than
that of the mansion and demesne, sun-ounded by a pleasure-ground, and with the usual
gardens (§ 1575.). Moderate extent and proximity to other villas constitute the
characteristics of this class of residences ; but though adjoining lands are not necessary
to the character, they do not, w'here they exist, change it, unless tlieir extent be considerable.
Two villas joined together often mutually aid each other in effect, especially
as to water and trees (fig. 985.).
^ 985
6210. A plan {fig. 986.) for laying out a pleasure-ground in front of the chateau cf
Baron Eichthal, at Ebersberg, in Bavaria, was formed, in 1824, by Charles Sckell;
and as it is instinctive, as illustrating his manner, we shall submit it with its details : —
The following nnmbers indicate the kinds, and the disposition, of tho trees and sl.nihs : - ■
/Váxinus pxeêlsior.
2 , /I'eor p 8cii(io-/’l.át4iiuis,
5, Aòsa centifòlia.
4, Syringa pérsica.
5, Pópuina itálica.
6, Cérasus Pàdus.
7, Negando Àaxinifòlium,
8, Pópulus canadénsis.
9, spiræ'a opulifòlia.
10 , Spiræ'a crenàta.
1 1 , Syrínga vulgàris.
1 2 , Robinia Pseiid-Acàcla.
13, Pópulus càndieaus.
14, Cérasus Makàleb.
1 .'», A 'ecr dasyeàrpum.
10, otA”scu1u8 Hippooàstanum.
17, Pópulus balsamifora.
18, Pòsa semiH>rilòrena.
IO, l'ibùriium ròseum.
20, Robinia inérmis.
21, Liriodéndron Tuliiiifer.o.
22, rthús Cótinus.
23, Céltis occidentàlis.
24, Pyrus spectábiiis.
25, Lonicera ctcrùlea.
26, Lonicera tatárica.
27, Syrínga vulgàris flòre rûl>ro,
28, Syrínga chinénsis.
29, Robinia viscósa.
50, Cafiííjja si/ì'4«y(('fi)iia,
o l, Córnus àlba.
52, Cratæ'gus Oxyaeántha (i. rùlTo.
33, réugians cinèrea.
54, Cytisus/OTabiirniim,
55, Aubus odoi'àtus.
56, Apiræ'a ày))ericifòlia.
5O7T.,, COT 'ijniiii iU.»S sfiazatitvivau..
38, A'-lnus glutinósa.
39, yl'cerplatanoides.
4.O0T,, 1P l.i..iilttaUdOéTl*p!.h*.,u,.-s. OcToOTrl oUnll..àllr ilin,
41, Plâtanus occidentàlis.
42, Pópulus àlba.
6211 A s a s p e à m n o fth e mode o f planting a villa in the modern style, we givo thè
vertty profile ( fg . 987.) nnd working pian ( fg . 988.), both from oui I l l u s t r / J o f
Landscape-Gardening, to which work they were contributed by Mr. Jo.shua Maioi'
beef's- This plan does not represent any plací
actually laid out. The estate for which it is intended contains about 100 acres. Tlic
house will stand on moderately high gi-ound, commanding various and extensive
prospects, which form from tho water in the bottom of the valley to the uortliorn
extremfiy, one general bold or convex ascent; on the contrary side of tlie water in
the adjoining property the view continues nearly flat for about 80 or 100 yards, and
rth the“ r varied with hills of diifcrent sizes and forms, and enriched
with the other picturesque sceneiy which prevails in tho surrounding country:_
A, House and kitchen yard
K, Laundry yard.
C, Stables and yard.
l>. Farmyard and stockyard.
E, Jce-house.
I', Entrance lodges.
G, Bath and swimming-pond.
II, Forcing-houses and melon ground
I, Winter and summer greeuliousi
aviaries, ice.
J, Melonry and reserve ground.
!£, Garden walls.
L, Iron fencing.
ir. Flower garden, consisting of lawn,
and variously formed dugcompart-
ments for tho reception of flowers
and choico shrubs.
N, Rustic seat, or moss house, with rockwork
attached.
O, Boat houses.
1’, Fisher’s hut, or rural retreat.
Q, Dotted line, indicating where a bridge
might be erected with good oft'ect,
though it wouid be an useless object.
However, some proprietors, nndcr
sucli evrcumstanecs, might prefiT
ornament to utility; and the water
mi^ght easily be so formed, with the
md of planting, that a stranger
from any fixed point would scarcely
doubt its being an object of utility,
n, Hayfields.
S, Cornfields,
r . Paddock or plaj-groiind,
U, Sunk fence, to extend the park in an-
pcaraiice.
fnll lifeO- ball on the lawn near the house are each to form a mass of tho
réfi fevrL o rhododendrons, pliillyrea, alaternus,
and pyracanthas ; the other beds are to be varied principally with common laurels
M Pliiltyeas, alaternus, Cydònia japónica, box, pyracanthas,’
* 1 a l i ■ evergreen shrubs. Tlie beds aro to retain tlieir
tré iirubs tT 0 t ‘lesri'fyod by die natural growth of
staibs period, early flowers may be mtroduced, iu sp.accs fronting tho
P6h2ni1ro3o .iT AOTllhl.ireoi fieo Uowing bah inI .t hreo flowei’-garden may he planted in masses n, Choico deciduous shrubs.
b, Roses, including tlio China kind.
c, C’istus, Cydònia japónica, Chrys.inthemum.
£o"’:8rowing choice evergreen shrubs.
e. Phillyreas and alaternus.
f. Less-growing bog plants.
•J, Larger-growing bog jilants.
I «, Common laurels, laurustinus, and
Portugal laurels.
' 1, Choice shrubs.
1.7, Bety for flowers, each kind to be
planted in masses. Masses of flon ers
are aiso to be introduced iu spaces
fronting the shrubs in the .aciwer.
»arden, cspeciiilly the larger kinds.
In order to keep up fhe splendour
of these musses of the eariy-ilower-
ing kinds, sjiaccs should be left for
the introduction of annual flowers
wiiich should be in readiness either
in iiots or nursery.beds.
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