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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



SECTION X. 



EMBELLISHMENTS ', ARCHITECTURAL, RUSTIC, AND FLORAL. 



Value of a proper connexion between the house and grounds. Beauty of the architectural 

 terrace, and its application to villas and cottages. Use of vases of different descriptions 

 Sun-dials. Architectural flower-garden. Irregular flower-garden. French flower-garden. 

 English flower-garden. General remarks on this subject. Selection of showy plants, 

 flowering in succession. Arrangement of the shrubbery, and selection of choice shrubs. 

 The conservatory or green-house. Open and covered seats. Pavilions. Rustic seats. 

 Prospect tower. Bridges. Rockwork. Fountains of various descriptions. Judicious 

 introduction of decorations. 



Nature, assuming a more lovely face, 

 Borrowing a beauty from the works of grace. 



COWPER. 



Each odorous bushy shrub 



Fenced up the verdant wall ; each beauteous flower ; 

 Iris all hues, Roses and Jessamine 

 Rear'd high their flourished heads between, 

 And wrought Mosaic. 



MD.TON. 



N our finest places, or those 

 country seats where much of 

 the polish of pleasure ground 

 or park scenery is kept up, one of the most striking defects 

 is the want of " union between the house and the grounds." 



