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nature, and to produce a better harmony of colouring. At 

 present the grass grows to the very edge of the water, which 

 is always unnatural, and produces a cold and monotonous effect. 

 In this respect, the shores of the water in St. James's Park are 

 much better managed. 



The management of the banks of pieces of made water is 

 very seldom artistical. The object, in such a case as that before 

 us, is, or ought to be, the imitation of the banks of a natural 

 lake, and supposing it to be in a similar situation to that in 

 which the artificial lake is placed ; the imitation, in this and in 

 all similar cases, being such as never to be mistaken for wild 

 nature. (See our Vol. for 1837, p. 597.) It is of great im- 

 portance to keep this last principle constantly in view ; because 

 it is the carrying of it out which constitutes a piece of natural- 

 looking water in a pleasure-ground a work of art. In such a situ- 

 ation as that in Kensington Gardens, a natural lake may be 

 supposed to have the banks clothed with aquatic plants, such 

 as reeds, rushes, &c., so as to give them a marshy character ; to 

 have them broken by the treading of horses or cattle approach- 

 ing to drink ; or comparatively firm and smooth, with grass 

 growing down nearly to the water's edge, but still separated 

 from it by a line of shore occasioned by the varying height of 

 the water. Here then are three distinct characters which may be 

 imitated by art, and that in such a manner as that the imitation 

 shall not be a fac-simile of nature, but a resemblance of it. In 

 the first case, cultivated aquatic plants are to be employed in- 

 stead of water weeds ; in the second, firm and dry warm- coloured 

 broken ground is to be substituted for a poached surface ; and, 

 in the third case, the separating line between the water and 

 grass is to be coated with coarse gravel or small stones, with 

 perhaps occasional blocks connected with shrubs, so as to give 

 a character of firmness, and introduce a warm colour between 

 two cold colours. 



(7b be completed m our next.) 



Art. II. The Principles of Landscape- Gardening and of Landscape- 

 Architecture applied to the Laying out of Public Cemeteries and 

 the Improvement of Churchyards ; including Observations on the 



Working and General Management of Cemeteries and Burial- 



Grounds. By the Conductor. 



{Continued from p. 222.) 



IV. Certain Innovations suggested relative to the Selection of 

 Ground for Cemeteries, Mode of performing Funerals, etc. 



Would not a law, enacting as follows, answer every purpose of Mr. Mac- 

 kinnon's bill ? That no graves should be made except on ground that never 

 was opened before; that, when only one coffin was placed in a grave, it should 



