Beauties and J'rinciph'* of the .1/7 



lions of his pencil we see the influence of a romantic and 

 vigorous imagination, nursed amid scenes teeming with the 

 grand as well as the picturesque - - both of which he em- 

 bodies in the most striking manner. 



FIG. 6. THE PICTURESQUE AS ILLUSTRATED BY MR. DOWNING 



In giving these illustrations of b.eautiful and of pictur- 

 esque scenes, we have not intended them to be understood 

 in the light of exact models for imitation in Landscape 

 Gardening - - only as striking examples of expression in 

 natural scenery. Although in nature many landscapes par- 

 take in a certain degree of both these kinds of expression, 

 yet it is no doubt true that the effect is more satisfactory, 

 where either the one or the other character predominates. 

 The accomplished amateur should be able to seize at once 

 upon the characteristics of these two species of beauty in 

 all scenery. To assist the reader in this kind of discrimi- 

 nation, we shall keep these expressions constantly in view, 

 and we hope we shall be able fully to illustrate the difference 

 in the expression of even single trees, in this respect. A 



