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slovenly keeping, and a crude and meagre knowledge of 

 design in Landscape Gardening. 



Unity of expression is the maxim and guide in this 

 department of the art, as in every other. Decorations can 

 never be introduced with good effect, when they are at 

 variance with the character of surrounding objects. A 

 beautiful and highly architectural villa may, with the 

 greatest propriety, receive the decorative accompaniments 

 of elegant vases, sundials, or statues, should the proprietor 

 choose to display his wealth and taste in this manner ; but 

 these decorations would be totally misapplied in the case 

 of a plain square edifice, evincing no architectural style in 

 itself. 



In addition to this, there is great danger that a mere 

 lover of fine vases may run into the error of assembling 

 these objects indiscriminately in different parts of his 

 grounds, where they have really no place, but interfere 

 with the quiet character of surrounding nature. He may 

 overload the grounds with an unmeaning distribution of 

 sculpturesque or artificial forms, instead of working up 

 those parts where art predominates in such a manner, by 

 means of appropriate decorations, as to heighten by con- 

 trast the beauty of the whole adjacent landscape. 



With regard to pavilions, summer-houses, rustic seats, 

 and garden edifices of like character, they should, if 

 possible, in all cases be introduced where they are 

 manifestly appropriate or in harmony with the scene. 

 Thus a grotto should not be formed in the side of an 

 open bank, but in a deep shadowy recess ; a classic 

 temple or pavilion may crown a beautiful and nrpminent 

 knoll, and a rustic covered seat may occupy, aP secluded. 



