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which the vase is the center. The insertion of a group of 

 statuary in a similar position with or without an archi- 

 tectural canopy, or the introduction of any bold architectural 

 object, or of a basin of water, which may take an octagonal 

 or any regular form, and have a fountain in it or not at 

 pleasure, will present other modes of dealing with a similar 

 case. A good shrub might even be substituted for any of 

 these, though this would not be so satisfactory, as it would 

 require a grass verge round it which ought to be circular, to 

 prevent its corners from being destroyed by trampling. 



Another method of ending a straight walk is by turning it 

 off to the right and left, by the use of an open summer house, 

 a small temple, or an aviary, at the junction of the three 

 walks. This structure may be circular or octagonal or of 

 any other regular figure, and may have the walk passing 

 through or around it. In other cases the terminating object 

 may be either a bold stone seat, a covered seat, alcove, a 

 vase or group of statuary on a pedestal, or anything of an 

 architectural character that does not thrust itself into the 

 lateral walks. And though these illustrations by no means 

 exhaust the subject, they may help to give additional clear- 

 ness and force to the recommendations in the text. 



Angular beds and masses appear at first sight to be abso- 

 lutely demanded in a garden where straight Hues and archi- 

 tectural figures are so general. And this view may hold 

 good in the main with relation to the details of a flower 

 garden in the close vicinity of the house. But the various 

 forms and modifications of the circle are not objectionable in 

 architecture, for they constitute its most beautiful features, 

 as any one may perceive who will take the trouble to inves- 

 tigate the matter. And it is such forms that are peculiarly 

 appropriate in architectural gardening, when only the mate- 

 rials of nature are dealt with. It may even be questioned 



