158 Hints on Landscape Gardening 



whence we can return to the castle on the. other 

 side of the river, passing the English house, or 

 any other favorite spot by sequestered and shady 

 footpaths. 



We will follow meanwhile the drive, and 

 reach, after a short distance a side of the "pleas- 

 ure-ground" new to us, at the entrance of which 

 a gayly colored Gloriette, executed from a draw- 

 ing by Herr Geheimrath Schinkel, looks down 

 from its mound of bloom into the valley [s). 

 This side is closed toward the road, but presents 

 toward the interior of the park four separate 

 bays, which frame in each one a separate picture. 

 The first to the left is that mentioned on pages 

 41-42, which I quote as an example of the way 

 in which unity could be combined with variety 

 (N. B. of the same kind). (See Plate 'XVII.) 

 The second embraces a wide stretch of meadow, 

 with groups of tall trees, the Neisse with its 

 tributaries in the middle, and hills covered with 

 foliage behind, without the break of any habita- 

 tion. (See Plate XVIII.) The third bay shows 

 in the distance, about a quarter of an hour's walk 

 from the castle, a side view of a portion of the 

 town with the German church emerging from 

 the trees, and in the farther distance on the hori- 

 zon the village of Lucknitz (/) standing out 

 against a darkly wooded hill. (See Plate XIX.) 

 Finally, the last bay frames in the ruins of the 

 old Catholic church («) of the village of Berg, 

 flanked by two tall lime trees. 



We will drive now within the "pleasure- 



