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English that a landscape without cattle is bound 

 to be melancholy, and, on the other hand, they 

 consider the animation bv human beings to be 

 proportionately objectionable, and private gar- 

 dens are, as a rule, barred to the stranger.' The 

 democratic, humane use of our great German 

 estates is foreign to them, but their excuse is 

 perhaps to be found, in the roughness of their 

 mob. 



I have previously stated the proposition that 

 size is not an absolutely necessary element in the 

 making of a park ; yet, where possible, I think 

 it very desirable, in order that a greater variety 

 of parts may be gained, a quality which will 

 always present the supreme charm of novelty. 

 Laid out with equal intelligence I should always 

 prefer the more extensive to the smaller park, 

 even if the latter should be more favored bv 

 Nature. In Prussia, where land has so much less 

 value than in other countries, such large estates 

 are easily obtainable, and I advise every one of 

 my countrymen to strive for large places. It is 

 certain that, considered as a little world sufficient 

 unto itself, a park where one cannot ride or 

 drive for an hour at least without going over the 

 same roads, and which does not comprise many 

 roads and walks, very soon tires one, if confined 

 to it alone. But where a rich, picturesque Nature 

 has already idealized the region around and has 

 made it, as it were, into a great work of art, as 

 in the case of many parts of Switzerland, Italy, 



' This is not the case at the present time. 



