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of one garden may not be allowable in another, 

 either through lack of space, difference of expo- 

 sition, or natural incongruity. Thus, a minia- 

 ture pond for the cultivation of bog-plants a 

 delightful feature of the garden where it may be 

 carried out can not be introduced with propri- 

 ety on high exposures. Nor can a bank of ferns 

 be placed to advantage where they have not the 

 coolness and shade with which they are asso- 

 ciated, and without which they can not be satis- 

 factorily grown. In a large place, possessing the 

 resources of abundant shade and variety of sur- 

 face, there are few desirable effects which can 

 not be produced. Here the landscape-gardener 

 proper has a field for the practice of his art, and 

 the proprietor an occasion for the gratification of 

 his taste. In small grounds, however, as distin- 

 guished from the large estate, one need not be a 

 Croesus to enjoy the pleasures of gardening. 

 There is force in Bacon's statement : " A man 

 shall ever see that, when ages grow to civility 

 and elegance, man comes to build stately sooner 

 than to garden finely ; as if gardening were the 

 greater perfection." And yet, with the wonder- 

 ful advancement of the arts in this country dur- 

 ing the latter part of this century of progress, 

 the art of gardening, it must be admitted, has 

 also nhown marked improvement. Occasionally 



