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enabled me to form some conception of the usefulness of thax 

 knowledge which would burst upon the sight of those who 

 should gain admission into the inner recesses of this temple, 

 and view the mysterious operations of nature, through the in- 

 struments of a wiser philosophy, and under the perfect light 

 of truth. 



DESIGN FOR A FLOWER GARDEN. 



BY THE EDITOR. 



In our last two volumes we have given several designs for 

 flower gardens, and we now propose to give a series of three 

 or four more in the present volume. 



We have already remarked, in the last design we gave, 

 (Vol. XX, p. 326,) that it "is a very prevalent opinion that 

 anybody can design a flower garden." But it is nevertheless 

 the fact, that a beautiful, artistic and elegant flower garden is 

 rarely to be seen. It requires more taste and general knowl- 

 edge of the harmony of form than most individuals possess, 

 even among those who profess to understand all the princi- 

 ples of Landscape art. Even in Great Britain, where there 

 are so many beautiful gardens, and where we should suppose 

 there would be plenty of landscape gardeners who thor- 

 oughly understand their profession, it is by no means com- 

 mon to find flower gardens which combine many of the ele- 

 ments of real beauty, and latterly, the creation of most of 

 those of any great attraction, has been confined to W. A. 

 Nesfield, Esq., a landscape painter of eminence, who also 

 devotes a portion of his time to the laying out of flower gar- 

 dens. His plans, which are entirely original, are designed 

 on the natural principles of form, as laid down by Mr. Hay, 

 in his treatise on the subject. Hence their harmony of ar- 

 rangement, artistic grouping, and grand effect. Our designs 

 will comprise plans of some of the gardens which have been 

 laid out under his direction. 



The present design (jig. 1) is admirably adapted for a Ro- 



