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Horticultural Society's Garden, there could be no 

 difficulty; and we do not think a plan could be 

 devised for that garden which would be more effect- 

 ive. If the appearance of the bricks were thought 

 to be any deformity, the drain might be sunk 3 in. 

 deeper, and covered with turf; and if the expense 

 were an object, it might be lessened by employing 

 draining or ridge-tiles ; and setting them on com- 

 mon flat tiles, and covering the whole with soil and 

 turf, so as not to show any appearance of a drain 

 on the surface, as in^^. 85. It must be remem- 

 bered, however, that, in this case, the drain could 

 not be examined without disturbing the turf; 

 whereas, by the chain of bricks, any one part, or 

 every part, of the drain, might be uncovered and 

 covered again instantly, and without the slightest 

 disfigurement. As to the appearance of such a 

 \j chain of bricks disfiguring a lawn, instead of doing 



so, we think it would add to its interest, somewhat 

 in the same way as the faint appearance of veins does to the 

 living figure. A lawn so intersected would be a higher work 



of art ; more mind would be thrown 

 into it ; and, when the use of these 

 drains came to be understood, they 

 would be admired by everybody. 



In Mofialds's Nursery we observed 

 a fine stock of forest trees, which 

 we intend soon to examine more in 

 detail. Messrs. Ronalds's printed list 



two modes is better ? Our answer is, that by the person wholly uninitiated in 

 the art of drawing, and without much culture or imagination, ^g. 83. will be 

 preferred ; because it is the plain straightforward demonstration of the thino- 

 represented : but by a person whose taste for drawing has been cultivated, and 

 who possesses some imagination, jSg. 84. will be preferred ; because, as there 

 is no such thing as outlines of objects in nature, that is, no such things as lines 

 apart from bodies, no more use is made in that figure of those means (viz. the 

 representing of objects by lines) than is barely necessary to represent them : 

 the rest is left to the imagination. Hence the beauty of slight sketches to an 

 artist, and their comparative worthlessness to those who have not learnt 

 drawing, or studied pictures. The young gardener will learn from this that 

 lines are merely means to an end : they are the means of representing objects 

 on paper without the aid of light and shade or colours j and, in this case as 

 in every other of a like kind, it is in bad taste, or, in other words, contrary to 

 sound sense, to render the means more conspicuous than the end. The j'oung 

 gardener should bear this principle in mind when drawing any kind of plans 

 or views j for it applies to shading and colours, just as much as it does to lines. 

 It also applies to the actual designing and laying out of a garden, which may 

 be altogether disfigured by more walks than are, or appear to be, necessary 

 for showing off its beauties, and more or higher hedges or walls than are 

 necessary for giving it shelter or security. 



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