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dening, or what Mr. Horace Walpolc very justly calls the art 

 of creating landscape, owes its origin in a great measure to 

 the inferiority of the scenery of Great Britain to that which 

 the English people were accustomed particularly to admire. 

 Their first impressions of the beauty of nature had been 

 gained from compositions in the art of painting which delin- 

 eated the more beautiful scenery of the South of Europe ; 

 hence they were gradually accustomed to consider them as 

 the standard of natural beauty. 



With these impressions, it was very natural for the inhab- 

 itants of a country, of which the scenery, however beauti- 

 ful in itself, was yet in many respects very different from that 

 which they were accustomed to consider as solely or supreme- 

 ly beautiful, to attempt to imitate what they did not possess ; 

 to impart, as it were, the beauties which were not of their 

 own groAvth ; and, in fact, to create, according to Mr. Wal- 

 pole's vigorous expression, that scenery which nature and 

 fortune had denied them. 



We shall follow the author no farther in his remarks, as 

 we have given sufficient to show the general tone of his 

 sentiments, which are rather too abstract to be generally inter- 

 esting. His object was not to lay down practical rules for 

 improvement, but to suggest those general principles upon 

 which all improvements should be founded. Without such 

 general principles it is idle to pursue any course of practice ; 

 since in all arts whatsoever, the practitioner, who has the 

 most thorough understanding of the theoretical part of his 

 art, will, other circumstances being equal, be the most success- 

 ful in the practice of it. 



A GARDEN OR CONSERVATORY PUMP. 



In a recent article describing a new garden engine, we 

 alluded to the importance of a more liberal and judicious 

 use of water for garden purposes. Referring to that as an 

 exposition of our views of the necessity of having a ready 



