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ORNAMENTAL GARDENING. 



BOOK I. 



tion to the place to which they belong. In general, they need 

 not be large. In almost every kind, a few trees and shrubs 

 should be introduced, to remove from the general view the ap- 

 pearance of insipidity, and to break it into separate scenes ; 

 one of which alone should be seen at a time, that the extent of 

 vision being circumscribed the spectator may thus be induced 

 to examine or admire the minute beauties of single objects or 

 small compositions. I may observe here, that where parterres are 

 intermingled with lawn, those disgusting lines of separation .at 

 the edges of walks, or round groups and dug patches of flowers 

 or shrubs, which abound every where, should not be introduced ; 

 the gravel of the walk, and the earth at the edges of the dug 

 patches or groups, ought to be kept nearly on a level with the 

 grass on the lawn. Where much culture is requisite in the 

 groups, the line of separation should be delicate and graceful ; 

 and where this is not necessary, or not much attended to, both 

 the lines of the walk and the lines of the dug group or patch 

 should blend and harmonize, and, in a natural, easy manner, 

 glide insensibly into each other. — A few of the most remark- 

 able varieties of parterres shall be characterized below. 



1. A general flower-garden, or parterre, should contain such a 

 variety of beautiful trees, shrubs, flowers, &c. as that a number 

 of each will be in perfection every month of the year, particu- 



