1 66 Hints on Landscape Gardening 



terrace, where the cemetery chapel is proposed 

 [dd). (See Plate XXVIII, after a drawing by 

 Schinkel.) 



Eight windows from the old town church of 

 Boppart on the Rhine, which I was lucky enough 

 to obtain, and which in the opinion of experts 

 are by the same hand as the paintings in the 

 Cologne Cathedral, will adorn this church, as 

 also a crucifixion on the altar by Hemskerk. 



As there are Catholic inhabitants in several of 

 my villages, and in the town itself, without any 

 church of their own, they cannot attend, as often 

 as they might wish, the nearest mass two miles 

 distant. It is my intention to arrange this chapel 

 for their worship as well, although its main pur- 

 pose is to serve as cemetery chapel for the family 

 of the owners of Muskau, a inemento mori, in con- 

 stant view of the castle windows, though softened 

 and mellowed in the distance (as death generally 

 appears to us in life). 



One sees on the plan the sexton's house near 

 the chapel, with its little garden, and in front 

 of it a spacious courtyard. The last is sur- 

 rounded by thick lime walks cut en berceaux^ 

 which have been named after two living men, 

 well known to the public and my good friends, 

 the philosopher Gravell and the poet Leopold 

 Schefer. Religion cannot be in better company 

 than that of poetry and philosophy, and the tru- 

 est religion consists precisely of the most intimate 

 association of both. Hence it will be an appro- 

 priate adornment if, as I intend, the footpaths 



