herein expressed may excite censure, for I have spoken freely of what 

 I consider errors in taste, — no matter whose the demesne, or whose the 

 hand that planned it; but my thoughts are given to the world without 

 any unkind intention to any one. They are offered as the result of forty 

 years' experience. From boyhood, — through life, — at all times, I have 

 been extremely fond of Landscape Gardening, both as an amusement and 

 as a profession, and have looked for reward only in an improved public 

 taste for so delightful and interesting a pursuit. 



