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Fig. 4 represents a most objectionable feature ; namely, an object in the 

 centre of the view, cutting it into two equal parts. 



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Fig. 5 is not so good as Fig. 3. It somewhat resembles Fig. 4 in having 

 the object, namely, the central grass-flat, in the centre of the view. If the 

 central grass-flat were treated differently from the rest by sinking a tolera- 



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bly deep panel, or filling such a sunk panel with water, the effect would 

 be pleasing. 



As balustrades with flights of steps, vases, &c., form the chief part of 

 the architectural decorations of a garden, this is the proper place to show 

 that breadth of treatment applies to them in the same manner as to the 

 main divisions of a garden or view. It will be seen, for instance, that the 

 objectionable feature represented in Fig. 4 is reproduced in an architectural 

 form in Fig. 7, — namely, the pier in the centre of the view; not important 

 enough to awake interest, but sufficiently obtrusive to produce confusion. 

 It may be safely taken as a rule, that a pier should never occupy the cen- 

 tre of any wall, space, or balustrade, but invariably an opening, or void. 

 We should either look at one object of sufficient importance, or between 

 two at a third more distant. 



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