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!>rit over the former. This it invariably does when the turf is a few 

 i;A.h?s higher than the gravel, and, hence, paring off the part of the 

 ; . ri v'hich had projected was originally, no doubt, adopted only as a 

 reoiedy for the evil, though it is now erroneously practised by gar- 

 darn rs as an evidence of care and good keeping. As much of the 

 lea- ty of the walk depends upon the beauty of its boundary, the 

 tooliop- that this boundary is likely to be disturbed every time the walk 

 .s r .faned, or the adjoining turf mown, is extremely disagreeable. 

 'T'Ve *-eshly pared turf becomes a spot or scar in the scene, withdraw- 

 I g the attention from the walk itself, and from the adjoining grounds, 

 10 a point, or rather a line, which is in itself of little consequence, but 

 which, by the paring, is obtruded on the eye, so as to destroy ail 

 allusion to stability. We are displeased with the paring of the edges, 

 because it conveys the idea that the walks are not finished, or that they 

 are liable to be disturbed in this way from time to time, and nothing, 

 either in grounds or in buildings, is more unsatisfactory than an 

 apparent want of stability or fixedness. It is as much the nature of 

 the ground to be fixed and immovable, as it is of trees and shrubs to 

 increase in growth, and hence, any operation, such as clipping, which 

 seems to stop the growth of the one, is as unsatisfactory to the eye as 

 paring, which seems to derange the fixed state of the other. Would 

 that we could impress this on the minds of all gardeners and tlieir 

 employers ! 



The Pond is of an irregular shape, so arranged as with the assist- 

 ance of the island to prevent the whole of it, and consequently its 

 limited extent, from being seen from any one point in the garden. For 

 the same reason, the v.-alk only goes along one side, there being but 

 one point on u.ie western ^lide, viz. where the iion seats are close to 

 th3 a^raves, from which any j.v.t cf the pond can be seen. The pond 

 is so situated as to forir. t'^3 isiir. fcutin, in the right hand view from 

 the -^rawing-roDm wic.dcw, a.^ >.h; J/n m Fig. 3, in p. 487; the wooded 

 island (v/hich is shown rather t(.. tauch in the middle in the plan, 

 tlirugh, perbf.f£, not pc in reality) disguising the boundary from that 

 ?.nd every o'i-.er point of view. The bank of the pond on one side is 

 rocky, and nearly perpendicular, while on the other it is sloping, and 

 Dartly covered with shrubs. At /;, in Fig. 13 in p. 511, there is a boat 



