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such situations as the turf is shown in, in this design, walking 

 on it is not contemplated. 



By these arrangements, though this plot of ground contains in 

 all above ten acres, it is presumed, as there is no glass, that it 

 might be kept in oi'der by two men. 



Art. VII. The Landscape- Garderiing of F. L. von Sckell oj' Munich. 

 Translated from the German for the " Gardener's Magazine." 



I. General Observations on the Modern Natural Style of Gardening, ivith some 

 Remarks on the Ancient Symmetrical Style. 



1. Although the present style of gardening is, for the greater 

 part, governed by the rules of art, it no longer resembles that 

 of former times, when all the forms it exhibited were obliged to 

 be regulated by the strictest laws of uniformity. 



Nature is the model for the present style of gardening ; 

 her very various and innumerable scenes which ornament the 

 earth's surface now adorn our gardens, without the smallest 

 trace of a slavish imitation being necessary. Art is now in 

 unison with these natural scenes in producing many of the land- 

 scapes in our gardens, and which, when arranged with taste, 

 form a pleasing whole ; and this whole, rich in the assemblage 

 of many foreign trees, shrubs, and flowers, and ornamented 

 with the ancient and modern styles of architecture, forms a 

 garden, in which Nature displays her festive attire, and which 

 cannot be seen beyond its limits. 



2. It is not my intention to make a full comparison between 

 the ancient geometric and the present natural styles of garden- 

 ing, because, in that case, I should only be repeating what many 

 authors have said before me ;. I have only to observe that the 

 natural garden, besides being in far better taste than the ancient 

 geometric style, is much less expensive, both in its formation 

 and future management ; and is also much more useful than 

 the ancient artistical gardens, as may be seen from what 

 follows. 



3. The piece of ground intended for such a geometric gar- 

 den must, in the first place, be levelled at great expense, if 

 nature has adorned it with hill and valley ; those trees which 

 do not stand in rows must be felled ; and the winding brooks 

 metamorphosed into straight canals ; whereas the present state 

 of gardening gratefully receives and makes use of these and 

 all other natural gifts and beauties. 



The old symmetrical style of gardening, however, such as 

 was exemplified in the gardens spoken of by Curtius and 

 Strabo, in the gardens of Alcinous, and in that of the younger 



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