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about to be levelled, the walk is made to take advantage of views 



into the park; and thus neither beauty nor utility is banished 

 by the enclosure. 



The Drawing by which this subject is elucidated will per- 

 haps be deemed more picturesque as a Park than as a Garden ; 

 but it has frequently been observed, that Garden Scenery sel- 

 dom presents subjects for a picture. Let us rather consider 

 which of the two is most applicable to the uses of habitation 



the neatness and security of a gravel-walk, or the uncleanly, 

 pathless grass of a forest, filled with troublesome animals 

 every kind, and some occasionally dangerous. 



of 



The improvement suggested 



as 



een executed in every 



respect by the present noble Inhabitant, with the exception of 

 the Treillage Ornaments, which may at any time be added.* 



* In a beautiful work lately published in France, entitled, Choix des plus celebres 

 Maisons de Plaisance de Rome, by Cha. Percier and P. F. L. Fontaine, the following 

 just distinction is made betwixt the Italian Gardens and those of France ; to which 

 might be added, the modern English Garden also. " 



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J 



comine on le 



M voit chez 



mais 



jardin dans le quelle on a pretendu faire un site, un pays 

 n site dans le quel on a fait un jardin e'est l'Art qui a par 



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Nature, et non pas PArt qui a voulu la crcer." 



