298 THE VILLA GARDENER. 



to allow the walk to take an easy bend betwixt the two inclosures, 

 and partly to give internal variety ; a circumstance which never fails to 

 cheer the imagination, and relieve the eye. Having thus noticed the 

 general disposition, it will be necessary to observe, that the walk, in no 

 instance, has been suffered to approach too near the bounds. From the 

 shrubbery, after passing a seat under a few trees {e,fig. 182.), it leads down 

 the side of the hill to a copse overhanging a purling stream. A bridge, 

 adjoining to a root-house (/), crosses the rill, the path accompanying its 

 meandering course, till a rustic plank (^r), thrown over the same, again unites 

 it with the lawn. Everything here is simple and unadorned : to load with 

 ornament a scene dedicated to contemplation and repose, would destroy the 

 effect which a sequestered situation ever has upon a congenial mind. Pursuing 

 the walk, a sunk fence on the right admits the country. Clumps of trees in 

 the adjacent pastures unite it with the distance. A little gate, on gaining the 

 summit, leads to the temple of Concord (A). From the window is seen to 

 peculiar advantage the view, purposely hid by the orchard from the house. 

 This circumstance renders the temple much more interesting than it otherwise 

 would be, and increases the variety of the whole. From this place the walk 

 waves to the left. Entering a small shrubbery, with a seat in a sequestered 

 situation (i), it soon opens on the green, and terminates at the cottage." 



a. House. 



6, Stable, cow-house, piggeries, &c., hidden ft'om the grounds by a plantation, and approached 



by a road overshadowed with tall trees. 

 c. Kitchen-garden, screened in tlie same manner. An opening in the shrubbery, however, 



admits a view down the principal walk, on each side of which the beds are arranged. 

 (J, Orchard. Tliis, from the cottage, has an interesting appearance ; it was placed there to 



hide the extremity, and to confine the eye to a ruined tower, to a river meandering 



through the vale below, and to distant mountains, seen from the house across the lawn. 

 e, A seat, composed of rude materials, situated under trees. From this spot is seen an 



extensive distant country, adorned with water, hanging woods, &c. 

 /, Root-house, built of roots of trees, and thatched ; the inside lined with moss. Ivy creeps 



over the door, along with the honeysuckle and jasmine. A table and two rustic 



benches constitute its furniture; on the former there is an appropriate inscription. 

 g, A bridge. A few large stones, supporting a plank or two, with a rail on one side, 



will generally be found sufficient for such a situation. It accords with simplicity, and is 



therefore infinitely more attractive than a formal structure. 

 h, Temple of Concord. A small square building, the walls emblematically painted in 



fresco. From the windows, a most extensive view, particularly of objects in the distance, 



screened from the house by the orchard. 

 ?", A seat in a sequestered situation. On the opposite side of the walk, under cypress and 



flowering shrubs, an urn, dedicated to Friendship. 

 A B, First sectional line. See fig. 181. C D, Second line. See Jig. 183. 



183 ^wr 



E F, Line for iii-st sectional geometrical view, giving the general appearance of the lawn 



rising to its summit ; the woods, the house, Temple of Concord, and distant country. 



See fig. 180. 

 G H, Line for second sectional geometrical view. In this are shown the cottage surrounded 



with trees ; the lawn ; the fence bounding the same ; a bend of the serpentine walk, 



with part of the orchard, and the distant country. See fig. 184. 



