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are no difgrace to the moft ornamented fcene. 

 It is the property of thefe noble plants to 

 harmonize with every fpecies of landfcape. 

 They equally become the foreft, and the lawn : 

 only here they fhould be beautiful in their 

 kind ; and luxuriant in their growth. Neither 

 the fcathed, nor the unbalanced oak would fuit 

 a polifhed fituation. 



Here too, if the fituation fuits it, the elegant 

 temple may find a place. But it is an expen- 

 five, a hazardous, and often a ufelefs decoration. 

 If more than one however be introduced in the 

 fame view, they croud the fcene, unlefs it be 

 very extenfive. More than two mould in no 

 cafe be admitted. In the moft polifhed land- 

 fcape, unlefs nature, and fimplicity lead the 

 way, the whole will be deformed. 



As a contraft to parks thus laid out in the 

 fimplicity of nature, let us juft throw our 

 eyes over a park laid out with the formality 

 of art. The comparifon will not injure the 

 principles we eftablifh. 



" From Vauvrey recrofling the Seine, we 

 " came to Muids. This chateau ftands on 

 " a rifmg ground on the north fide of it j 

 " and commands a fine profpeft ; having two 



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