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ihe Jhrubs and accompanyments. In truth, Jl:>rubs JJ^ouîd 

 not only be referved for ■partiadar /pots and home dclight, 

 but are pajjed their beaiity in lefs than tiventy years. 



Enough bas been done to ejlablijh Juch a fchool of land- 

 fcape, as cannot be found on the reji of the globe. If we 

 bave tbe feeds of a Claud or a Gafper amongst us, be muft 

 corne fortb. If wood, water, groves, nj allie s, ghides, can 

 infpire or poet or painter, this is tbe country^ tbis is tbe 

 âge to produce them, Tbe focks, tbe berds, tbat no-w are 

 admitted into, now graze on tbe borders of our cultivated 

 plains, are ready before the painter s eyes, and groupe them^ 

 fehes to animate bis piBure. One ?msfortune in truth 

 there is tbat tbrows a dijiculty on tbe artift. A principal 

 beauty in our gardens is tbe law?i and fmootbnefs of turf: 

 in a picîure it becomcs a dead and uniform fpot, i?icapa' 

 ble of cbiaro fcuro, and to be broken infpidly by cbildren, 

 dogs, and other unmeaning figures. 



Since we bave been familiarized to the ftudy of îand- 



fcape, we bear lefs of what delighted our fportfmen-aîicefiors, 



a fine open country. WiltJlAre, Dorfetjloire and fucb océan- 



like extents were formerly preferred to tbe rtcb blue prof- 



peSfs of Kent, to tbe Tbames-watered views in Berkjljire, 



and 



