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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



[Fig. 9. Plan of aa embelliabed F 



results. The man of correct taste will, by the aid of very lim- 

 ited means, and upon a small surface, be able to afford the 

 mind more true pleasure, than the improver who lavishes thou- 

 sands without it, creating no other emotion than surprise or 

 pity at the useless expenditure incurred; and the Abbe Delille 

 says nothing more true than that, 



"Ce noble emploi demand un artiste qui pense, 

 Prodigue de genie, et non pas de depense." 



Les Jardiiis. 



From the inspection of plans like these, the tyro may learn 

 something of the manner of arranging the plantations, and 

 of the general effect of the natural style in particular cases 

 and situations. But the knowledge they afford, is so far be- 

 low that obtained by an inspection of the effects in reality, 



