Details and Intention.-As this square is a subject easily referred to, and as, for the first few years of its growth, it will be liable to some criticism, because few are in the habit of anticipating the future effects of plantation, the intention of the plan is here inserted. To screen the broad gravel-walk from the street, a compact hedge is intended to be kept clipt to about six feet high; this, composed of hornbeam and privet, will become almost as impervious as a hedge of laurels, or other evergreens, which will not succeed in a London atmosphere. Within the gravel walk is a broad margin of grass, on which the children may be kept always in sight from the windows of the houses immediately opposite; and, for this reason (founded on the particular wishes of some mothers), the lawn is less clothed with plantation than it might have been on the principle of beauty only. This circular lawn, or zone of open space, surrounds the central area, in which have been consulted the future effect of shade, and a greater degree of privacy or seclusion.
