CHAPTEE m. 



ON THE CHOICE OF A GAKDEN SITE. 



76. Let us seat ourselves at the feet of Milton, and learn of him what con- 

 stitutes a desirable site for a house and garden : — He will lead us 



" "S\Tiere delicious Paradise, 

 Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, *■ 



As with a rural mound, the champaign head 

 Of a steep wilderness, whose hairy sides 

 With thicket overgrown, grotesque and wild. 

 Access denied." 



It is approached by an avenue, which would be considered the perfection of 

 Nature in landscape gardening, from its " great capabilities." 



