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Sir Uvedale Price, although he was the champion of 

 rational landscape gardening, could only justify a "jet 

 d'eau," because such things were to be seen in the form of 

 Geysers. Sir Walter Scott, still more large-minded, felt sure 

 that the captivating beauty " of a magnificent fountain . 

 flinging up its waters into the air, and returning down in 

 showers of mist," was in itself sufficient justification. These 

 men who pointed out that some beauties were to be found in 



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the formal garden, and the great folly of ruthlessly destroying 

 everything in that style, gradually arrested the progress of 

 destruction. The taste became modified, and further attempts 

 to improve w^ere not accompanied by such disastrous results. 

 Great thanks are due to those who first saw the mistake that 

 was being made, and who then had the courage to try and 

 arrest the onward progress of the fashion. The writings of 

 some of those who first appealed against the " Natural 



