FRAGMENT XXVI. 



EXTRACT FROM A RECENT REPORT 01' 



PLACE NEAR THE CAPITAL 





One of the most magnificent places in this counlry, which fur 

 nishes examples of the Geometric style of Gardening, 



lias 



recently been submitted to my opinion, that little time 



been given to the development of plans, to which I shall 



fore not allude by name; but in a few years, I trust, there will 



* yet 

 iiere- 



for 



regretting that the following Sketch and Ex- 

 tract from the Report have been allowed to form a part of this 

 volume, intended to record some of the most striking and impor- 

 tant of those Designs which I have had the honour to deliver. 



INTRODUCTION. 



CONCERNING THE STYLE AND CHARACTER OF ****** 



If the fashion of Gardens could be altered witl 



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le same 



ease as the fashion of dress or furniture, it would be of less con- 

 sequence how often it was varied, or by what caprice or whim 







it was dictated; but the original plan of this Place must ever 

 strongly traced in many parts, though a century has elapsed; 

 and it is impossible to be quite obliterated, in conformity with 

 more modern styles. It is therefore an object worthy of consi- 



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