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branch of gardening, if he can sketch general 

 scenery, but I have invariably traced such 

 writers to be pen -gardeners only ; yet they but 

 too frequently delude, not only the credulous, 

 but many country gentlemen, who ought to be 

 acquainted with such matters, suffer their judg- 

 ment to be drawn aside by such writers. 



Any man who has pretensions to landscape 

 gardening or gardening architecture generally, 

 has a taste for drawing, and without which he 

 cannot excel, for he must be expected to com- 

 pose a design that can be carried into execution ; 

 but I cannot discover what test this can be for 

 the fundamental knowledge of gardening. 



The principles of gardening architecture, and 

 particularly as regards conservatories, are sy- 

 nonimous with those of garden scenery, indeed 

 principles of unity and composition are the same 

 in all arts of taste ; it would therefore be pre- 

 sumptive to attempt to lay down any fixed prin- 

 ciple for the construction of conservatories. 



