24) Design for laying out 



where stated, that a whole is produced by connecting things 

 together, and displaying them in clusters or groups. The ex- 

 pression, or character, of these groups or wholes depends on the 

 form of the individual groups, on the mode of connecting them 

 together, on some of them being longer than others, &c. Here, 

 then, are four distinct ideas for the young gardener to treasure up 

 in his mind, and to endeavour to apply to objects of art and 

 taste; and more especially to lawns and groups, or scattered trees 

 and shrubs placed on them: — 1. Repose, produced by plain 

 spaces ; 2. Effect, produced by enrichex;! places, contrasted with 

 plain ones ; 3. A whole, produced by the grouping or clustering 

 of objects together ; and, 4. Expression, or character, produced 

 by the manner of grouping, and the kind of objects grouped. 



In the design of our German correspondent there is a fault, 

 which has not been committed in any of the preceding ones ; 

 that is, bringing the dug clumps adjoining the walks so close to 

 them, that the}^ can only be separated by lines of box. We 

 have observed that this is a fault much oftener committed in 

 small suburban gardens by amateurs, than in any other descrip- 

 tion of garden : we suppose, because the regular gardener 

 knows the difference between a verge and an edging, which the 

 amateur, probably, does not ; and that, to look well, the verge 

 ought to be of a sufficient breadth to admit of its being neatly 

 mown by the scythe. For this pvn'pose, 18 in. or 2 ft. is the 

 very narrowest verge that will ever be found admissible, even in 

 a small garden. A narrow verge has a meagre effect, and gives 

 the idea of penury and want of space, like a narrow walk ; but 

 broad walks and broad verges convey ideas of ample space 

 and great extent. As to introducing box edgings, or any other 

 narrow edgings of plants, where there is a lawn like that indicated 

 in the plan before us, the effect would be still worse than that 

 produced by a narrow verge ; not only because it is narrower, 

 but from being composed of a different material. In short, box 

 edgings and turf verges should never be used together in the 

 same flow-er-garden ; because they belong to two different styles 

 of culture, and, in ornamental gardening, are just as incongruous 

 as a mixture of the Gothic and Grecian styles is in architectural 

 designs. 



In fg. 3. in p. 22, 23., we have shown a margin 3 ft. broad, 

 and have placed some additional groups on the turf, so as, 

 by producing masses of shrubs and flowers, opposed to masses 

 of naked lawn, something like force of effect might be produced, 

 and at the same time the coimexion, intricacy, and variety 

 among the groups increased, so as to render them more expres- 

 sive and interesting. 



In the design fg. 4-. in p. 2(>, 27., we have shown a 

 margin to the walks 6 ft. in breadth ; and the area in that 



