ture. 



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the Severn and the distant Welsh moun- 

 tains."' , ) fi. i, 



Buildings The perfection of Landscape Gardening 



of Art. depends on a concealment of those opera- 

 tions of arty hy which nature is emhel- 

 lished ; but where buildings are intro- 

 duced, art declares herself openly. 

 Architcc- This circumstancc renders it abso- 



lutely necessary for the Landscape Gar- 

 dener to have a competent knowledge of 

 Architecture. I am, however, well aware, 

 that no art is more difficult to be acquired; 

 and although every inferior workman pre- 

 tends to give plans for building, yet per- 

 fection in that art is confined to a very 

 ^t\v gentlemen, who, with native genius, 

 and a liberal education, have acquired 

 good taste by travel and observation. This 



'I It was deemed necessary to take down the old 

 house entirely, and I hope it is rebuilt with little varia- 

 tion from the original character : but as in this case I 

 was not consulted as the architect, and have never seen 

 the present house, I can only speak of its situationj and 

 not of its character. 



