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'' plete painter's composition being, I 

 " believe, to be found in any of the nu- 

 " merous, and many of them beautiful 

 " and picturesque spots, which it has vi- 

 " sited in different parts of the island." 



Difference 



between 



Painting 



and 



Gardenine. 



The greatest objection to Landscape 

 Gardening seems to arise from not making 

 the proper distinction between Painting 

 and Gardening. The difference bewixt 

 a scene in nature, and a picture on can- 

 vas, arises from the following considera- 

 tions. 



First, The spot from whence the view 

 is taken is in a fixed state to the painter; 

 but the gardener surveys his scenery Avhile 

 in motion ; and from different windows in 

 the same front he sees objects in different 

 situations; therefore, to give an accurate 

 portrait of the gardener's improvement, 

 would require pictures from each sepa- 

 rate window, and even a diiferent draw- 



When this number is compared with the above as- 

 sertioHj that not one Landscape has escaped the fatal ef- 

 fects of the art I profess to cultivate and defend, it must 

 prove, from the numerous purchasers and admirers of 

 these things, that " de gustibus non disputandum." 



