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exclusion of intricate forms, arranged without any regard to 

 the principles of symmetry, unity or beauty. 



Dropmore, the residence 

 of Lady Grenville, which 

 we gave an account of in 

 our European Tour, ('Vol. 

 XII, p. 44,) though display- 

 ing no remarkable feature 

 in its general arrangement, 

 is celebrated for its floAver 

 garden, Avhich was pro- 

 nounced by the late Mr. 

 Loudon as a model of its 

 kind, both in the symmet- 

 rical arrangement of its 

 parts, and its effect as a 

 whole. We certainly must 

 admit that we have never 

 seen but few, if any, plans, 

 either upon paper or carried 

 into execution, which have 

 excelled that at Dropmore. 



Among those which, if 

 any, may be ranked with 

 Dropmore, is that of Charles 

 Mills, Esq., of Hellington, 

 near Uxbridge, England, 

 of which an engraving re- 

 cently appeared in the Gar- 

 deners^ Jo^irnal^ and a copy 

 of which we now annex, 

 [fig. 17.) It is more geo- 

 metric and artificial in its style, and should not, on this 

 account, be judged by that at Dropmore ; still it has many 

 beauties, and we can imagine its effect when grouped with 

 the kinds of plants named in the annexed list. It indicates, 

 as Mr. Marnock states, "artistic skill and arrangement of a 



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