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architects ; and what is called an open lease is the same to 

 the Stationary School of land-stewards. 



The reader may trace for himself the progress of the con- 

 flict between the Stationary and Progressive Schools in both 

 arts : we shall confine ourselves to stating that Mr. Fowler 

 is one of the few modern architects who belong to the School 

 of Reason, and who design buildings on fundamental prin- 

 ciples, instead of antiquated rules and precedents. In design- 

 ing Covent Garden Market, his first object was, to produce all 

 the accommodation and conveniencies which such a market 

 required, or was susceptible of receiving, from modern im- 

 provement in the arts subordinate to architecture ; his next 

 object was, to make choice of the most suitable materials for 

 executing his design, so as to combine strength and durability 

 with moderation in the expense ; and his third object was, to 

 compose the forms, arrangement, and materials, in such a 

 manner as to produce as high a degree of architectural beauty 

 as was consistent with the other objects. In searching for 

 this architectural beauty, he did not confine himself to the 

 architecture of any one age or country, much less to any par- 

 ticular order in the Grecian or Roman schools ; but, adopting 

 unity of expression as a whole, and symmetry, regularity, 

 and connection of the parts of that whole, as fundamental 

 principles common to all architecture whatever, past, present, 

 or to come, he drew from all that he found already existing, 

 and from his own imagination, what best suited his purpose. 

 How admirably he has succeeded in producing a whole of 

 great architectural beauty, and -perfectly suited to every re- 

 quired purpose, may safely be left to every unprejudiced 

 observer to determine. * 



Art. III. Extracts Jrom a Tour, 'partlij Horticultural, in the Ne- 

 therlands and Part of France, in June and July, 1830. By T. 

 Rivers, Jan. 



Sir, 

 As the gardens of Flanders have-not been much discussed 

 in your pages, permit me to contribute my mite to the mass 

 of useful information diffused in our Magazine, as we disciples 



* To complete the symmetry of the building, a colonnade and terrace are 

 wanted at the west end, similar to those at the east end ; and a roof over 

 part of the potato market, similar to that over part of the fruit market : 

 but these were contemplated in the original plan, and will no doubt be 

 executed in due time. 



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