Affinity Between Painting and Gardening 57 



than my practice and experience have since confirmed. 

 I am not less an admirer of those scenes which paint- 

 ing represents ; but I have discovered that utility must 

 often take the lead of beauty, and convenience be pre- 

 ferred to picturesque effect, in the neighbourhood of 

 man's habitation. Gardening must include the two 

 opposite characters of native wildness and artificial 

 comfort, each adapted to the genius and character of 

 the place, yet ever mindful that, near the residence 

 of man, convenience, and not picturesque effect, must 

 have the preference, wherever they are placed in com- 

 petition with each other. 



