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saw it formerly ; and only now, as then, a little defective in having the 

 gravel of the walks too much sunk below the level of the grass, which always 



produces more or less of a ditch or kitchen-garden alley appearance, accom- 

 panied by deep harsh ridges. This defect, we are promised, shall be re- 

 moved. The pots on the chimney-tops should be changed for square, or 

 some other forms not at present so common as to be considered inelegant. 

 Independently of the beauty and high keeping of Whitmore Lodge, it is 

 interesting, as affording an example of a small villa that would gain nothing 

 in character or effect by additional acres. All the views are to the south 

 and east, over an extensive, richly-wooded country, and terminating in the 

 south-west in the hilly parts of Bagshot Heath. Mr. Gilpin, whose profes- 

 sional assistance was called in, some years ago, when the property was pur- 

 chased, and Mr. Mangles, have managed the foregound so as completely 

 to appropriate all beyond it ; and were the possessor now to have an oppor- 

 tunity of rendering the whole landscape his property, though he might 

 add to his power and consequence, he could not add to the beauty of his 

 residence. The important lesson to be learned from all this is the great 

 advantage of building and gardening in elevated situations. The proprietor 

 of thousands of acres, whose establishment requires a baronial mansion, 

 may form his park on a flat surface, elevate his house by a terraced plat- 

 form, and look from the centre to the circumference, over a home-made 

 landscape ; but the smaller gentleman, if he is a man of taste, will make 

 choice of the top or the side of a hill, where he can command an extensive 

 prospect, at least on two sides, and where one acre will go as far, in point 

 of enjoyment and picturesque effect of scenery and sky, as a hundred acres 

 on a plain decorated with all the art of the architect and the landscape- 

 gardener. 



Wingjield Spa, in Windsor Forest (4 7niles from Wiiulsor, and 4^ from 

 Maidenhead). August 4. — A spring has been discovered here, of which it 



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