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PRACTICE OF GARDENING. 



PART III. 



on an artificial ruin (Jig. 709.); but then the execution must be such as to silence 

 every idea as to its history ; it must be so like truth as to interest by the likeness, 

 not by deception, which is disgusting. Artificial ruins, however, need seldom be 

 resorted to while there are so many other architectural and sculptural decorations to 

 which we can have recourse. Nothing gives more general satisfaction than a neat and 

 comfortable picturesque cottage (Jig- 710.), with a good garden in neat order and cul- 

 tivation ; and such buildings may always be applied to some useful purpose, even in 

 the grounds of small villas or formes ornees. In more extensive scenes, cottages of 



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different styles may be introduced from that of the Greenlander or Norwegian to the 

 Hindoo ; and there can be no reason why a proprietor, if he chooses to go to the 

 expense, should not ornament the dwelling of an upper servant in any style he pleases, 

 even that of a Chinese mandarin. (Jig. 711.) 



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SECT. VI. Of the Accidental Accompaniments to the Materials of Landscape. 



7238. Of accidental accompaniments the first are roads ; and of roads, the principal is 

 the apjrroach. The approach, or road to the house, ought to display to advantage the 

 beauties of that part of the place it passes through, and as many other beauties as may 

 be displayed without showing the principal, which are generally those of the garden- 

 front. In both styles, it ought to ascend to the house rather than descend, and pass 

 along a flat or hollow rather than over inequalities of surface. 



7239. The approach in the geometric style was generally a wooded avenue, in one or in 

 several lines. In the modern, it is generally a bold, free, gently waving line ; every turn of 

 which is, or seems to be, produced either by some gentle variation in the surface, or by the 

 position of a group of trees. It may pass through wood only, or through forest-like 

 scenery. The first view obtained of the house ought to be as favorable as possible, and not 

 of any particular front, but rather an angular view, bosomed in trees. The second, or if there 

 are two or more, the last view, on a nearer approach, should be distinct, and show the en- 

 trance-front, and porch, or portico ; the road approaching it at such a distance, obliquely, 

 as that the eye may now readily comprehend the whole, and to the greatest advantage. 



7240. In conducting the spectator to view objects, whether by approaches, roads, or walks, 

 it is a matter of some nicety to determine a priori, the exact distance at which he should 

 bu permitted to obtain a full view. There is a certain point of distance from whence 

 very object appears at its greatest magnitude. The apparent height of any object will 



