Chap. VIII.] 



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much of the architect and sculptor, and too little of the gardener. 

 This is a very common defect in the embellishment of town- 

 gardens. In the centre, where there ought to he repose, there is 

 nothing but stone, chairs, gravel — and confusion. As for the 

 planting, much is wrong, both as to the kind of trees selected, and 



The Square and Fountain des Innocents. 



their disposal as to position. It is curious that in spite of all the 

 experience of the constant failure of evergreens in the London 

 squares, few deciduous trees have been employed in the planting 

 of Leicester Square ; Rhododendrons and Portugal Laurels are the 

 plants chiefly made use of, though a moment's thought, with all 



