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elevated and not depressed, while its apparent quantity mark.. 



its character as a Ducal Palace. 



THE PLEASURE GROUND. 



a strange perversion of terms, a\ hat 



lied 



men 



English Gardening seldom includes the useful Garden, and tin 

 name ofthe Ornamental Garden has |,een changed intoPleasnn 

 Ground; but it is not the name only lhat has been changed . 

 the character of a Garden is now lost in thai of the surrounding 

 Park: and it is only on the map thai they can he distinguished, 



while an invisible fence makes the separation 1> 

 fed by cattle, and the lawn kept 



the] 



roll 



sevth 



as im- 



Although these lawns are actually divided by a barrier 

 passable as the ancient garden wall, yet they are apparently 

 united in the same landscape, and 



" wrapt all o'er in everlasting green, 



" Make one dull, vapid, smooth, and tranquil scene." It. P. Knight. 



The gardens or pleasure-grounds near a house may he con- 

 sidered as so many different apartments belonging to its state, 



its comfort, and its pleasure. The magnificence of the house 



depends on the number, as well as the size of its rooms; an 



dthe 



similitude between the house and the garden may be justly ex- 

 tended to the mode of decoration. A large lawn, like a large 

 room, when unfurnished, displeases more than a small one: if 

 only in part or meanly furnished, we shall soon leave it with 





