i62 Hints on Landscape Gardening 



The next item to attract our attention in con- 

 tinuing our drive is the temple of Perseverance 

 (2) to which also an exceptionally lonely path 

 leads from the dairy in thickets of beech so dense 

 that the sun has only room to gild the green 

 dome of leaves. A mountain stream trickles 

 through this wood and parts, near a rough bridge 

 of oak-trunks, in the most hidden corner of the 

 bushes, into several little waterfalls, which have 

 been managed by heaping up very large stones 

 collected for the purpose. Many of these small 

 footpaths in the park are named after ladies who 

 suggested them, and the inscription shows these 

 names on a stone at the beginning of the path, 

 which is useful at the same time for the guidance 

 of the visitor. 



One can arrive at the temple by the drive or 

 the footpath ; in either case one will first be 

 aware of it only on arrival at the spot. A little 

 wood of oak conceals it until that moment, and 

 the roads are purposely laid out for this effect of 

 surprise. The moment one enters this temple the 

 view unfolds between single standing pillars of 

 Silesian marble set on a granite base, and covered 

 with a gilded iron roof, crowned by an eagle 

 with wings outspread.' From the seat at the back 

 wall of the temple one has a wide view, which 

 is composed of the course of the stream on the 

 right, as it gradually disappears in the wood, in 



' To avoid all misunderstanding, I repeat that, in order not to break 

 the thread of my description at every moment, much which is only pro- 

 posed has to be described as though already complete. 



