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Jiic the dhief excellencies of the old Italian 

 gardens, but I am very far from under- 

 valuing, or wishing upon that account, in all 

 instances to condemn modern improve- 

 ments. The former part of my essay, as I 

 before observed, relates almost entirely to 

 the grounds, and not to what may properly 

 be called the grarden : and this- distinction 

 I wish the reader to keep in his mind, lest 

 he should be led to imagine that I praise 

 at one time, what I censured at another. 

 In my idea, Mr. Brown lias been most 

 successful in what may properly be called 

 the garden, though not in that part of it 

 which is nearest the house. The old im- 

 provers went abruptly from the formal 

 garden to the grounds, or park ; but the 

 modern pleasure garden with its shrubs and 

 exoticsj would form a very just and easy 

 gradation from architectural ornaments, to 

 the natural woods, thickets, and pastures. 

 All highly ornamented walks, such as ter- 

 races, (Sec of course can only have place 

 near the house : in the more distant parts 

 C|f the garden, the gravel walk is in like 



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