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tbrogrouiul by the gix^atcst painters. When 

 the walk Ixitore the door is of gravel, antl 

 tliat gravel is succeeded by the mowed grass 

 of the pleasure ground, and that again by 

 the grass of the lawn, nothing can be more 

 insipid : if broken l)y trees and shrubs only, 

 however judiciously they may be dis}X)sed, 

 still the whole makes a comparatively flat 

 and unvaried fores,round, wliether it Ixi 

 viewed in looking at, fiom, or towards the 

 house. But wlien architectural ornaments 

 are intiHjduced in the garden immediately 

 about the house — liowcver unnatural raised 

 terraces, fountains, flights of steps^ para}>ets, 

 with statues, va^ses, balustrades, Sec. may be 

 called — however our ancestors may have 

 t}een laughed at (and I was much diverted, 

 tliough not at all convinced by the ridicule) 

 for " walking up and down stairs in tlie open 

 ail',"* — tlie effect of all those objects is very 

 striking ; and they are not more unnatural 

 that is not more artificial, than the houses 

 ^^hich they are inteiKled to accompany. 



* Mr'JVVa)]E)ol« c« Modem Gartltuiftg. 



