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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



It has been well observed 

 by modern critics, that there 

 is no reason to believe the 

 temple form was ever, even 

 by the Greeks, used for pri- 

 vate dwellings, which easily 

 accounts for our compara- 

 tive failure in constructing 

 [Fig. 43. Roman Residence.] w'ell arranged, Small resi- 



dences in this style. 



The Romans, either unable to compose in the simple 

 elegance and beauty of the Grecian style, or feeling its 

 want of adaptation to the multifarious usages of a more 



[Fig. 44. View at Presijue Isle, the residence of Wm. Denning, Esq., Dutchess Co., N. Y.] 



luxurious state of society, created for themselves what is 

 Sjenerally considered a less beautiful and perlect, yet which 

 is certainly a more rich, varied, and, if we may use the 



