174 Hints on Landscape Gardening 



During this drive an advantageous view is dis- 

 closed from the double bridge [ff) of the mill 

 iiS) (^^^ Plate XXX), and at the end one may 

 in passing cast a glance at the gay colors of the 

 blue flower gardens (see Plate XXXI), with which 

 we take our farewell of all the park and garden 

 scenes. 



second carriage drive 



Although this drive, like the third which still 

 confronts the reader, covers as much ground as 

 the foregoing, I may say that, since there are 

 fewer objects to enumerate, a shorter description 

 will suffice. 



We first take our route (follow the arrow) 

 directly to the guest house, an extensive estab- 

 lishment, arranged for the convenience of visitors, 

 which is not yet finished. This short piece of 

 road, which we passed yesterday, but from the 

 opposite direction, and the neighborhood with all 

 its views, appears, although seen from the same 

 point, a very different one, on account of the 

 altered direction. 



We soon find ourselves in a new domain on 

 the western hills, which stretches along the town, 

 climbs the steep slope behind it, and then pro- 

 ceeds through the village of Berg, through fruit 

 gardens, until we reach the Wendish farmhouse 

 [hh) called "Sorgenfrei" (Sans Souci), which is 

 built quite in the style and within the means of 

 a well-to-do farm-owner in the village. From 

 this point we can see nearly the whole park spread 



