86 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



creepers give an appropriate and beautiful 

 variety to the masonry. 



When a terrace is formed to a building of 

 a regular front, it is desirable, where no ob- 

 vious impediment prevents, that the extent 

 of the wall should be at equal distance from 

 each end of the house ; but, where an ade- 

 quate impediment interferes, the irregularity 

 of extent is satisfactorily accounted for ; but 

 I think the extended side should, in that 

 case, be of such length as to preclude all idea 

 of agreement with the other. 



To sum up, in few words, my ideas upon 

 the subject of fences : — I hold it imperative 

 that a manorial house, either of ancient or 

 modern date, should be separated from the 

 pasture by a wall. I think it agreeable to 

 good taste, that a Grecian, Italian, or any 

 other pile of sufficient character or magni- 

 tude, should also be thus accompanied. In 

 cases where this accompaniment is not requi- 

 site, or cannot well be applied, I prefer a 

 more solid fence to a flimsy one ; and a sunk 

 fence I hold to be totally irreconcileable to a 

 shadow of taste. It will be remembered, I 

 am speaking of the division between the dress 

 ground and the pasture beyond it. To more 



