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mind to distinguish the right from the wrong path. Every visit 

 paid to a garden shonkl make the path of future effort clearer. 

 Artists and writers throw false glories round places famous for 

 size only, or for miles of clipped trees, or for mere extravagance 

 of expenditure — a personal visit may give the young observer a 

 wholesome antidote. A good engraving or picture may, by the 

 introduction of artistic touches and variety, give a pleasant im- 

 pression of a place really devoid of beauty of any kind, as a visit 



GROUP OF ROCK. 



■Pare des Buttes Chaitmont. 



to many Italian gardens would show. Surely the old French 

 styles, as witnessed at Sceaux, at the Grand Trianon, at St. Cloud, 

 or what remains of it, and at Fontainebleau, only require to be 

 seen to be for ever laughed at as examples of garden-design. 

 But some modern gardens in France, such as parts of Vincennes, 

 the English garden in the Little Trianon, and many other gardens 

 on the Continent, deserve to be seen. Then again some of the 

 public gardens and cemeteries in America should be visited. 



