PALISADES, GROVES 



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different designs are given for the largest groves. 

 Some are simple enough, but most of them are 

 absurdly elaborate, more particularly a design 

 of a labyrinth (like a Catherine wheel) with 

 cabinets and fountains, which it would be quite 

 impossible to carry out. Over-elaboration, 

 incapacity for self- suppression, these were the 

 vices which wrecked the formal garden, and 

 opened the way for every kind of imposture. 

 With evident complacency, London and Wise 

 remarked that it is certain "the Industry of 

 Gard'ners was never equal to what it is now." 

 It is also certain that this misapplied industry was 

 foredoomed to failure, and that the disappearance 

 of the formal garden was its inevitable result. 



