Gardens are almost as beautiful in some parts of 

 Germany as in England; the luxury of gardens 

 always implies a love of the Country. In England 

 simple mansions are often built in the middle of the 

 most magnificent parks ; the proprietor neglects his 

 dwelling to attend to the ornament of nature. This 

 magnificence and simplicity united do not, it is true, 

 exist in the same degree in Germany ; yet, in spite of 

 the want of wealth, and the pride of feudal dignity, 

 there is everywhere to be remarked a certain love of 

 the beautiful, which sooner or later must be followed 

 by taste and elegance, of which it is the only real 

 source. Often in the midst of the superb gardens 

 of the German princes are placed /Eolian harps 

 close by grottos, encircled with flowers, that the 

 wind may waft the sound and the perfume together. 



Madame De Stael. 



Germany has been in the main a follower rather 

 than a leader in garden design; but she has played 

 an important part in spreading knowledge upon the 

 theory, and in producing tasteful and skilful de- 

 signers in the modern "national" style. * * * Ham- 

 burg has always been a garden-city, and maintained 

 its reputation in this respect by the great Garten- 

 Ausstellung held there in 1897. Selected 



Italian 



The old Italian garden was meant to be lived 

 in a use to which, at least in America, the modern 

 garden is seldom put. 



* * * The cult of the Italian garden has spread 

 from England to America, and there is a general feel- 

 ing that by placing a marble bench here and a sun-dial 

 there, Italian "effects" may be achieved. The results 



