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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



duced in particular portions of the scenery of a residence 

 Fig. 84. When well executed, that is, so as to have a 

 natural and harmonious expression, the effect is highly 

 pleasing. We have seen, however, in places where a higb 



[Fig. 84. Rockwork.J 



keeping and good taste otherwise prevailed, such a barba- 

 rous melange, or confused pile of stones mingled with soil, 

 and planted over with dwarfish plants dignified with the 

 name of rockwork, that we have been led to believe that it is 

 much better to attempt nothing of the kind, unless there i* 

 a suitable place for its display, and at the same time, the 

 person attempting it is sufficiently an artist, imbued with 

 the spirit of nature in her various compositions and com- 

 binations, to be able to produce something higher than a 

 caricature of her works. 



The object of rockwork is to produce in scenery or por- 

 tions of a scene, naturally in a great measure destitute 

 of groups of rocks and their accompanying drapery of 

 plants and foliage, something of the picturesque effect which 

 such natural assemblages confer. To succeed in this, it is 

 evident that we must not heap up little hillocks of mould 



