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sary. If there had been trees and rocks in the way, so that 

 these windings were for the purpose of avoiding them, then 

 it would have been a very natural and beautiful walk. 



We do not propose to discuss the principles of landscape 

 gardening, or lay down rules which may be implicitly fol- 

 lowed, but we throw out these hints and sugrgestions in 



Fiff. 21. 



hope that our readers will strive to avoid some of the 

 great errors as well as bad taste so often found in gardens 

 throughout the country, 



"We often see very small j^laces which show a refined taste 

 as well as a thoroughly scientific arrangement, while in 

 others there is a great display of wealth, but all to no pur- 

 pose, except to show how much may be expended to pro- 

 duce such poor results. One of the most frequent errors 

 observed in city gardens (and often in the country) is that 

 of dividing the garden into innumerable small beds and 

 of all shapes, each of which is surrounded with dwarf-box 



