186 LANDSCAPES AND PICTURESQUE GARDENS. 



does not Besides, he will be agreeably amused by the 

 variety of views which will show to advantage the manner 

 in which the artist has executed his plan, and the choice 

 he has made of a situation. 



If the house is placed on an eminence or side-hill, the 

 prospect will be much more beautiful if you can enjoy 

 the view of water : and, to add to the whole effect, and 

 facilitate the labours of the artist, it is desirable that a grass- 

 plot should naturally present itself. 



The plantations and groups of trees near the house 

 should be, if possible, of a deeper green ; — they would 

 extend the view and the perspective, and produce the ef- 

 fect of shades in a landscape-picture, where the groups of 

 trees in front are of a darker shade, and seem to remove 

 the perspective from the extremity of the landscape. For 

 the same reason, the trees at the farther part of a park, or 

 garden, should be those of a thin and light foliage. 



Plantations should consist of, besides merely ornamental 

 trees, those fruit-trees which are high and of bright foliage. 

 Their flowers in spring, and branches loaded with fruit in 

 autumn, make them objects of great beauty and interest. 



The apple-tree alone, on account of its horizontal 

 branches, should be confined to the orchard, where its 

 useful products are ornamental and valuable. The most 

 should be made of the agreeable and interesting views 

 which may be had in the neighbouring landscape. They 

 may be made useful to the general plan by being represent- 

 ed as the property of the proprietor. 



For this reason, I highly approve of blind fences, and 

 live hedges. But fences, necessary as enclosures, should 

 be concealed so as not to appear as boundaries to the es- 

 tablishment, and present to the eye a disagreeable inter- 

 ruption in the prospect. The judicious use of hermitages, 

 arbours, cottages and rotundas will add to the effect, in 

 picturesque gardens and ornamented farms. If you use 

 these ornaments, place the hermitage in som^ retired spot : 

 a small rivulet would be an appropriate and beautiful ac- 

 companiment. The rustic arbour and cottage may occupy 

 a place less secluded. An elegant rotunda should be seen 

 from a distance, and on a hill or eminence. It should 

 make a part of the establishment of a wealthy man, as well 

 as pagoda*^ turrets, and Chinese towers. These ornaments 

 are so expensive, that they are beyond the means of most 

 peisons : but hermitages, arbours and cottages may generally 

 be afforded, as there is little expense in their construction. 



