128 LANDSCAPE GAUDENING. 



" AVjnendale and Dettingen. It may, how- 

 " ever, be a consolation to the admirers of 

 " strict uniformity and regularity, if any 

 " such there still be, to be assured that their 

 " object is, in fact, unattainable ; it is as im- 

 " possible to draw straight lines of wood — 

 " that is, lines which shall produce the ap- 

 " pearance of mathematical regularity along 

 " the uneven surface of a varied country — as 

 " it would be to draw a correct diagram upon 

 " a crumpled sheet of paper, or lay a carpet 

 " down smoothly upon a floor littered with 

 " books. The attempt to plant upon such a 

 *• system will not, therefore, present the re- 

 " gular plan expected ; but, on the contrary, a 

 " number of broken lines, interrupted circles, 

 " and salient angles, as much at variance with 

 " Euclid as with Nature." 



Now, I will ask, is there any passage in 

 the whole of this quotation that warrants 

 Sir Henry Steuart's deduction from it? Are 

 the broken lines, interrupted circles, salient 

 angles, pincushions, hatchets, and penny tarts, 

 represented as the offspring of the vanity and 

 bad taste of our present landscape gardeners ? 

 Is he borne out in his affirmation — " In all 

 " these they will tell you they are imitating 



