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LANDSCAPE GAEDENING. 



always received the most tasteful and judicious treat 

 ment. 



The lover of the expressive in nature, or the beautiful in 

 art, will find here innumerable subjects for his study. 

 The natural scenery in many portions approaches the cha- 

 racter of grandeur, and the. foreground of rich woods and 

 lawns, stretching out on all sides of the mountain, completes 

 a home landscape of dignified and elegant seclusion, rarely 

 surpassed in any country. 



Among the fine features of this estate are the wilder- 

 ness, a richly wooded and highly picturesque valley, filled 

 with the richest growth of trees, and threaded with dark, 

 intricate, and mazy walks, along which are placed a 



variety of rustic 

 seats (Fig. 4). 

 This valley is 

 musical with the 

 sound of water- 

 falls, of which 

 there are several 

 fine ones in the 

 ■ bold impetuous 

 stream which 

 ' finds its course 

 through the low- 



[Pig.4. One of the Rustic Seats at Montgomery Place.] Cr part of the 



wilderness. Near the further end of the valley is a beauti- 

 ful lake (Fig. 6), half of which lies cool and dark under the 

 shadow of tall trees, while the other half gleams in the 

 open sunlight. >' 



In a part of the lawn, near the house, yet so surrounded 

 by a dark setting of trees and shrubs as to form a rich 



