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at KhontIc near Lirerpool, in 1792, It did not bc^in to be 

 generally adopted until about 1816; and this nj)pear3 to be 

 likely to be superceded by employing hot Water, which was 

 first strenuously advocated in 1828, though first proposed and 

 adopted by A. Bacon Esq. of Elcot in Berkshire, in 1821. 



The style in which our grounds are usually laid out may be 

 characterized in one sentence. Convenience is endeavoured to 

 be rendered as attractive as possible, by combining it with the 

 beautiful, and appropriate. The convenience of the inmates 

 of the mansion is studied by having the kitchen and fruit Gar- 

 dens near the house, fully extensive enough to supply all their 

 wants, and kept in the appropriate beauty of order and neat- 

 ness; without any extravagant attempt at ornament by the 

 mingling of useless trees, or planting its Cabbages, &c. in wa- 

 ving lines. In the Flower Garden which immediately adjoins 

 the house — dry walks, shady ones for Summer, and sheltered, 

 sun-gladdened ones for the more intemperate seasons, are con- 

 veniently constructed. Their accompanying borders and j)ar- 

 tcrres, arc in forms, such as are most graceful, whilst their in - 

 habitants distinguished for their fragrance are distributed iu 

 grateful abundance; and those noted for their elegant form;* 

 and beautiful tints, are grouped and blended as the taste of thu 

 Painter and the harmony of colours dictate. The Lawn from 

 these glides insensibly into the more distant ground occupied 

 by the Shrubberies, and the Park. Here the genius of the 

 place dictates the arrangement of the levels and of the masses 

 of Trees and Water. Common sense is followed in planting 

 such trees only as are suiled to the soil. A knowledge of tho 

 Tints of their foliage, guides the Landscape Gardener in asso- 

 ciating them, and aids the laws of Perspective in lengthening 

 his distant sweeps. If genlle undulations mark the surface, he 

 leads water among their subdued diversities and blends his 

 trees in softened groups, so as to form light glades to haiino- 

 iiizc with the other parts. If high, and brokci ground ha* t« 



