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of view, as a fault in the general effect Of 

 marble statues in gardens is their white- 

 ness; but it is chiefly where there are rio 

 buildings, rior architectural ornaments near 

 them; for, like other white objects, they 

 make spots when placed amidst verdure 

 only, whereas the colour and the substance 

 of stone or stucco, by assimilating with 

 that of marble, takes off from a certain 

 crudeness which such statues are apt to 

 give the idea of, when placed alone among 

 trees and shrubs. This, however, must 

 rather be considered as a caution * than an 

 objection. 



In forming a general comparison of the 

 two styles of gardening, it seems to me that 

 what constitues the chief excellence of the 

 old garden, is richness of decoration and of 

 effect, and an agreement with the same 

 qualities in architecture; its defects, stiff- 

 ness, and formality. The excellencies of 

 the modern garden, are verdure, undulation 

 of ground, diversity of plants, and a more 

 varied and natural disposition of them than 

 had hitherto been practised : its defects, 



