LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. 



to live in, may be delivered to order at any given point, 

 and indeed are ready and waiting to present themselves 

 at any point which offers sufficient attractions ; and the 

 question is certainly worthy of consideration, whether a 

 judiciously prepared design, adapted to the natural fea- 

 tures of the situation, and, so far as a judgment might be 

 formed, to the probable necessities of the inhabitants, 

 might not in itself constitute a very powerful attraction. 

 It is surely not impossible, on an extended line of rail- 

 road, to fix upon localities possessing natural advantages 

 of such a character, and bearing such relation to the sur- 

 rounding country, as must render their future attainment 

 of civic importance almost a matter of certainty, and it 

 would certainly tend to promote the object, if provision 

 were made for future necessities by the preparation of a 

 design of arrangement which should secure the most econo- 

 mical and convenient attainment of the objects which are 

 of primary importance, and at the same time the best 

 esthetic effect of which the natural features were suscepti- 

 ble. It certainly would operate as a strong inducement 

 to attract immigrants if such a plan were published, and 

 they could see for themselves that their future wants and 

 comfort had been provided for, and while the enterprising 

 and industrious classes who would be the first inhabitants, 

 would develop the resources which would give vital energy 

 to the population, the provision which had been reasona- 

 bly made for taking such advantage of natural features as 

 would give to the place a distinct character of refined 

 elegance, by exhibiting an appreciation of them which 

 would never be attained by a vulgar mind, would not fail 



