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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Early in life*Mr. Beall became somewhat 

 of an expert in perspective drawing-. This 

 led to mechanical and architectural drawing-, 

 i. e., that branch of architecture known as 

 Rural Architecture. A careful and syste- 

 matic study of this branch of the subject led 

 to a critical study of rural homes and its sur- 

 rounding's, which of course included what is 



Fig. 1794. View at 5. 



known as Landscape Gardening. Fortun- 

 ately about this time he had the opportunity 

 of consulting- some of the publications of 

 that king- of landscape gardeners, the late 

 Humphrey Repton and also other excellent 

 English authorities, and a little later the 

 work of the late A. J. Downing, of New- 

 burg, N. Y. , who, he was pleased to find, 



Fig. 1796. View AT 4. 



corroborated his previously formed opinion 

 of the trustworthiness of the principles of 

 this art as laid down by the English 

 authorities, and especially by Repton in his 

 rules for placing- the house, the entrance to 

 the grounds and the approach ; for therein 

 lies the key to success in this art. The lay- 

 ing- out of the g-rounds after these points are 

 settled is comparatively easy work. But 



Fig. 1795. View at 2. 



Fig. 1797. View at i. 



then a thorough knowledge of the character, 

 forms, habits, color of foliage, etc., etc., of 

 all the trees and shrubs required, together 

 with the knowledge of the effects of flower 

 beds, etc., in certain situations, is absolutely 

 indispensible. 



There is at Lindsay, on the right bank of the 

 river just above the town, a very beautiful 



