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antique classical vase, and then sweeping lo the ground 

 with a curve as beautiful as the falling spray of a fountain, 

 has all the freedom of character of its best prototypes in 

 the wild woods, with a refinement and a perfection of sym- 

 metry which il would be next to impossible lo find in a 

 wild tree. Let us take it then as the type of all true art 

 in landscape gardening, which selects from natural mate- 

 rials that abound in any country, its best sylvan features, 

 and by giving them a better opportunity than they could 

 otherwise obtain, brings about a higher beauty of develop- 

 ment and a more perfect expression than nature itself offers. 

 Study landscape in nature more, and the gardens and their 

 catalogues less, is our advice to the rising generation of 

 planters, who wish to embellish their places in the best and 

 purest taste. 



