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of wood, introduced where they would be useful as places for resting, and 

 desirable as objects in the landscape. (See fuj. 88.) In general, garden 



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buildings_ of a purely ornamental description, should either be very few (in 

 which case they may be built of substantial materials, such as brick or stone) ; 

 or, if of frequent occurrence, the materials of which tliey are constructed 

 should be temporary, interest and value being given to each by its design. 

 Expensive garden buildings, such as classical temples, porticoes, colonnades, 

 &c., containing statues, busts, and sculptures of marble, can seldom be in- 

 dulged in in small places, and, indeed, are better adapted for the grounds of 

 hereditary residences. In residences liable to be sold on the death of the 

 propi'ietor, ornamental buildings, whether of the permanent or temporary 

 kind, add little or nothing to the price of the estate; and had Stowe, where 

 the garden buildings are magnificent, been sold at the death of the Earl 

 Temple, during whose occupation of that estate they were built, they would 

 have brought little more than the root-houses at the Leasowes, a contemporary 

 ornamental residence, did on tlie death of their architect and proprietor, 

 Shenstone. Ornamental buildings, therefore, are chiefly to be valued for the 

 enjoyment they aflbrd the proprietor during his lifetime ; and, unless a part 

 of this enjoyment consists in knowing that these buildings will descend to his 

 posterity, prudence dictates that they should be built so as not to occasion 

 great expense. In all that respects the introduction of ornamental buildings, 

 however, much must be left to the particular taste of the proprietor ; and, as 

 most proprietors take pleasure in having at all times some structure, alter- 

 ation, or addition, going forward, this is an additional argument in favour of 

 structures of temporary materials, erected for picturesque effect, and as occa- 

 sional resting-places ; or for affording shelter, and not intended to last longer 

 than the verdant scenery by which they are surrounded ; or, in other words, 

 to be equally subject to change as the rest of the garden. 



275. Rustic vanes (as shown in J/ff. 89.), baskets of rustic work, boxes or 



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