32 ©n tbe Stuog of Ittatural Scenery. 



a temple on the top of a knoll, or a rural cottage in the 

 outskirts of a wood or shrubbery, relieves and heightens 

 the beauty of the landscape. 



The surrounding country should always be taken into 

 consideration when planning a garden, and, as much as 



possible, garden and sur- 

 roundings should be 

 in harmony with each 

 other, but at the same 

 ^T^i^^fyl^h'^W^^^^^^ 1 '"^ time all unsightly ob- 

 fiq. s.-T-EMPLE. j ec t s must be hidden 



from within by means of plantations. It would be a mis- 

 take to hem in a seaside cottage on a bare coast by too 

 luxurious a vegetation, unless the whole coast could be 

 changed into more or less rich scenery. So also in the 

 mountains and on the plains, there is a special class of 

 vegetation in harmony with each. 



In suburban towns, laid out on a uniform plan, in one 

 continuous stretch of lawn with groups of trees and shrubs, 

 garden walls and hedges here and there are out of place. 

 But where it is desirable to ensure privacy or protection, 

 the plan of enclosing a garden by screens of some kind 

 is not a bad one, as it admits of the culture of rarer 

 flowers, and the grounds within can be made one har- 

 monious whole without the necessity of outside help, ex- 

 cept by an opening here and there in the shrubbery for 

 some particularly interesting view. Hedges and garden 

 walls are therefore not to be wholly despised, and it will 

 be shown in a subsequent chapter how they may be used 

 without obstructing or interfering with the scenery in any 



