XXiy CONTENTS. 



Of forming and planting islands 89 



The trees most proper for islands 92 



Caution with regard to firs and trees of a light green 93 



Of water plants • g-l 



Comparison between a piece of water and a lawn — between 



islands, and clumps ajjd thickets ,• 96 



Circular islands in the centre f-- ibid. 



On flowipg lines and curves 97 



Insensible transitions, not lines, the cause of beauty in land- 

 scape 98 



The great defect of Mr. Brown's system 100 



Distinction between a beautiful and a picturesque river 102 



■ Essay on Decorations. 



Difficulties in treating the subject, and whence they arise- • • • 108 



The great defect of modern gardening an afiectation of simpli- 

 city — Mr. Mason's address to Simplicity objected to lOQ 



The characters of Richness and Simplicity in painting 110 



Architecture, even of the simplest kind, requires the accompa- 

 niments of art • 112 



Gardens in Italy; their general character ibid. 



Their character when kept up, and when neglected 113 



Vanbrugh's answer when consulted aboqt the garden at Blea- 

 heim , jl6 



An acpountof an old-fashioned garden, which I myself destroyed, 

 and regret' • US 



Arguments in favour of the old Italian gardens, from the cha- 

 i^cters of the artists employed to adorn them- • • 128 



The principles on which their excellence is founded 130 



