666 Remarks on laying out 



ciples of art, whether in the gardenesque or the picturesque 

 style, would form a very desirable description of public garden; 

 and, if expense were not an object, a considerable number 

 of different scenes, quite distinct, might be formed within one 

 enclosure of from ten to twenty acres. The scenes ought 

 to follow each other on some principle of succession, and 

 that principle, we think, ought to be the geological one ; that 

 is, scenes which are found in nature in the same or in allied 

 kinds of surface or soil ought to be placed together : for ex- 

 ample, suppose we enter through an arch of masonry to a walk 

 covered with evergreens, and emerge from that into a level mea- 

 dow ; and thence proceed into an undulating valley, through 

 forest glades, on a descending surface to a lake ; along its 

 banks to a waterfall amid rocky scenery, tracing the stream 

 through a romantic glen up to rocks and Swiss landscapes; and 

 lastly, ascending a terrace walk terminating in a tower, from 

 which is obtained a panoramic view of the whole. So many 

 scenes, on such a length of walk, can only be obtained, in a 

 small spot, by the license of making one walk pass under another 

 in tunnels; and when this can be done, and mounds raised, 

 much can be accomplished in a very small space. 



Imaginary Scenery, formed according to the principles of art, 

 must depend mainly on its architectural features, and on the 

 imitations of ruins, caverns, dislocations in strata, and various 

 effects of nature brought into new combinations by the inventive 

 powers of the artist. In all this there is no attempt to deceive, 

 by making it believed that such things are to be found in any 

 part of the world : there is merely an attempt to please by ex- 

 traordinary productions. 



Geometrical Scenery, to be geometrical, must necessarily be 

 arranged according to art; that is, in mathematical forms, or lines 

 regularly straight, or regularly curved. Every one knows that 

 what are called French and Dutch gardens are in this style ; 

 which, indeed, was that of almost all public and private gardens 

 from the earliest times till the commencement of the eighteenth 

 century. Some of the finest examples in Europe are the gardens 

 of the Tuilleries and Luxembourg in Paris, those of Schbnbrunn 

 in Vienna, and of Peterhoff near Petersburgh. For a limited 

 space in towns, and where a variety of trees and shrubs will 

 not thrive, no description of garden is better adapted for a 

 public promenade than one laid out geometrically. 



GARDENS FOR RECREATION AND REFRESHMENT. 



Gardens of this class are generally formed by private indivi- 

 duals for their own emolument ; nevertheless, there are instances 

 on the Continent, both in France and Germany, of the corpo- 

 rations of towns forming tavern and music gardens, and letting 



