It is only in gardens of the most rigidly formal type, such as are 

 full of architectural form and detail and admit of no alteration of the 

 original plan, that personal influence can least be exercised. This is no 

 doubt the reason why such gardens, correctly beautiful though they may 

 be, are those that give in smallest measure that wonderful sense of the 

 purest and most innocent happiness, that of all earthly enjoyments seems 

 to be the most directly God-given. 



Yet, even in such gardens, it is not impossible that some impress of 

 the personal influence may be beneficently given, but the range of 

 operation is extremely limited, the greatest knowledge and ability are 

 needed, with the sure action of the keenest and most restrained 

 judgment. 



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