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writer of a system of gardening on utilitarian prin- 

 ciples ; but, having erected divers temples and altars 

 about his grounds, he felt himself bound, in consis- 

 tency with his theory, to employ occasionally troops 

 of sacrificers and worshippers, to give his gimcrack 

 pagodas and shrines the air of utility ! In good 

 keeping with this garden was the encomium of the 

 Prince de Ligne. " Allez-y, incredules ! Meditez 

 sur les inscriptions que le gout y a dictees. Me- 

 ditez avec le sage, soupirez avec Vamant, et benissez 

 Watelet." 



The line of demarcation between the Dutch and 

 French styles is perhaps more imaginary than real. 

 The same exact symmetry everywhere prevails. 

 There is a profusion of ornaments, only on a smaller 

 scale, 



" Trees cut to statues, statues thick as trees," 



with stagnant and muddy canals and ditches, pur- 

 posely made for the bridge that is thrown over them ; 

 but they abound also in the pleasanter accompani- 

 ments of grassy banks and slopes, green terraces, 

 caves, waterworks, banque ting-houses set on mounds, 

 with a profusion of trellis-work and green paint 

 " furnished," in the words of Evelyn, " with what- 

 ever may render the place agreeable, melancholy, 

 and country-like," not forgetting " a hedge of jets 

 d'eau surrounding a parterre." 



In the neighbourhood of Antwerp is a lawn with 

 sheep like the gray wethers of Salisbury Plain of 

 stone, and shepherd and dog of the same material to 



