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always preserves nearly the same appearance. Or 

 in place of this, the Yuccas, or " Adam^s needle. 

 and thread,''' which have something of the same 

 character, while they also produce beautiful heads 

 of flowers, may be chosen. Yucca flaccid a is a 

 fine hardy species, which would look well in 

 such a situation. An aloe in a common flow- 

 er-pot is shown in fia^. 44 ; and a Yucca in an 

 ornamental flower-pot in fig. 45. 



Where there is a terrace ornamented with 

 urns or vases, and the proprietor wishes to 

 give a corresponding air of elegance to his grounds, vases, 

 sundials, etc., may be placed in various appropriate situa- 

 tions, not only in the architectural flower-garden, but on 

 the lawn, and through the pleasure-grounds in various 

 different points, near the house. We say near the house, 

 because we think so highly artificial and architectural an 

 object as a sculptured vase, is never correctly introduced 

 unless it appear in some way connected with build- 

 ings, or objects of a like architectural character. To 

 place a beautiful vase in a distant part of the grounds, 

 where there is no direct allusion to art, and where it is ac- 

 companied only by natural objects, as the overhanging trees 

 and the sloping turf, is in a measure doing violence to our 

 reason, or taste, by bringing two objects so strongly contrast- 

 ed, in direct union. But when we see a statue or a vase 

 placed in any part of the grounds where a near view is ob- 

 tained of the house, (and its accompanying statues or vases,) 

 the whole is accounted for, and we feel the distant vase, to 

 be only a part of, or rather a repetition of the same idea, — 

 in other words, that it forms part of a whole, harmonious and 



consistent. 



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