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and at least it has the advantage of acciiracy, — the Minutes of 

 the proceedings of that day, before being engrossed, having been 

 sent in draft to His Royal Highness for approval, and having 

 received his own signature. 



The following is an extract from the Minute referred to : — 

 "His Eoyal Highness then explained the principles which he 

 thought should guide the Society in the decoration of the 

 Garden. Viewed merely as a decorative question, there was 

 ample scope for the display of three different styles of orna- 

 mentation, besides architectural and horticultural embelUshment. 

 These were — 1. Great groups of statuary, which might be 

 distributed in effective positions. In relation to this subject 

 His Eoyal Highness mentioned that a fine group executed in 

 marble had recently been disinterred from the remains of one 

 of the dismantled Eoyal Lodges which had been erected by 

 King George IV., and Her Majesty the Queen might perhaps 

 present it to the Society."' 2. Individual statues ; and, 3. Minor 

 ornamentation, such as busts, vases, tazzas, baskets, &c. Each 

 of these required different conditions and modes of treatment, 

 for all of which ample provision existed in the Garden. 



" Viewed in a more extended light, and with special refer- 

 ence to the influence which the efforts now making by this 

 Society may have in encouraging artists and fostering a taste 

 for Art among the people, this Garden also possesses singular 

 advantages. Hitherto there has been no place in the metropohs, 

 or even in Britain, where the sculptor or statuary could expose 

 the creations of his genius in model, with such accompaniments 



* This has since been done. It is the Venus and Satyr and Nymph, by 

 Fraucavilla, now placed in the easteni refreshment pavilion. 



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