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well to 1)6 sparing in their use; but, where the nature of the 

 ground does not furnish opportunities for using them, to scatter 

 vases about profusely is one of the worst of blunders in landscape- 

 gardening. The effect reminds one of the Euston lload displays 

 of statuary- ware ; only in making the comparison, it is fair to 



The Colonnade at Versailles 



• offensive of the Stone-^uor?; Gardens 

 ipuily decaying. 



remember that the owners of these displays have a reason for 

 showing them which the country-gentleman cannot plead. In 

 the variety of advice that is offered, it is often difficult to decide 

 what is best, but one thing proprietors may be assured of, namely, 

 that an extensive display of terra-cotta and similar rnl)l)ish has 

 nothing to do with either good gardening or good art. 



