Gardenvisit.com The Garden Guide

Book: Gardening tours by J.C. Loudon 1831-1842
Chapter: London and Suburban Residences in 1839

Garden structures

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Remarks. - In pointing out the principal sources of the professional instruction which a young gardener may derive from examining this place, we shall first direct attention to the garden structures. These, whether of the ornamental or useful kind, are executed substantially, and with great care and neatness; while the farm-buildings, being chiefly of wood, show how great an extent of accommodation may be obtained without regularity of plan, and without incurring much expense. A good exercise for the young designer would be, to distribute the same accommodation, properly classed, along the sides of a square or squares, or along the sides of a parallelogram or polygon, and either detached from, or connected with, the horticultural buildings.