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scenes devised for particular seasons, so as to draw the attention of visitors 

 to them at the proper time. The Marquise and her daughter wore dresses 

 of common brown stuff " en amazone " with black hats, while the boys 

 wore " habillements les plus simples et les plus propres a les faire confondre 

 avec les enfants des campagnards.^^ 



In 1774 C. H. Watelet published an Essai sur les Jardins, wherein he 

 professed to take utility for the basi^ of his art. With this end he laid out 



VUK LNTEUtKlIKK DUN J/UU)IiNf ANOI.OIS, 



ENGLISH GARDEN AT LE MOULIN-JOLI, NEAR PARIS. 



the Moulin-joli on the Seine near Paris, of which the Prince de Ligne 

 wrote : — 



" Here is a place more after my own heart than Ermenonville, and 

 nearer to Paris. Having turned my back on the gaieties of Paris, I was wander- 

 ing aimlessly along the banks of the Seine and at last, losing sight of the City 

 at Moulin-Joli found myself, for it is only alone with Nature that one 

 finds oneself. Whoever you may be, if your heart be not hardened, perch 

 yourself in the branches of a willow at Moulin-Joli on the banks of the river. 



