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turf or dug ground (see ^ff. 93.), will tend 

 to preserve unity of expression. Even an 

 area of gravel projected from a gravel walk, 

 and extending an inch or two all round the 

 pedestal, will have a tendency to maintain 

 the secure architectural character which 

 ought always to accompany architectural 

 and sculptural objects. Root work, rustic 

 baskets, and other temporary objects or 

 structures of this kind, should seldom or 

 never be introduced in the same scene with 

 vases, statues, or other ornaments of worked 

 stone. A striking example of the bad effect 

 of mixing styles may be seen in Jicj, 94., 

 in which a rustic summer-house, a classical 

 vase, and a Chinese seat are all placed to- 

 gether. 



279. Rockwork, or a collection of frag- 

 ments of rock, stones, flints, vitrified bricks, 

 scoriae, and similar objects, to serve as a 

 nidus for plants, is allowable in particular 



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