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logy, culture, and nomenclature, are absolutely necessary. But of all these 

 this author knows little or nothing. 



In every art the want of fixed principles leads to arbitrary practice ; 

 and we have only to consider for a moment the powers of trees, in regard 

 to the beauty of the country, the profits of individual proprietors, and 

 what is a more magnificent concern, the naval character of the British na- 

 tion, to foreknow the dangerous and ruinous consequences of following 

 such directions as those which have been laid down by Mr. Repton. 



Utility and convenience, it was observed, form the second part of the 

 art of forming residences. It may be included under the farm, kitchen 

 garden, mansion, and the conveniences peculiar to country seats : on all 

 these this author has said little, and what he has said is at variance with 

 good taste. In Chapter VII. it is roundly stated, that an ornamented 

 farm is a contradiction in terms. But that this is not the case any one 

 may be convinced, who will allow that a hedge mingled with woodbine, 

 briar, honeysuckles, hazel, &c. or a wall varied by ivy or scattered bushes, 

 is more beautiful than a mere row of thorns, or a naked line of stones. In 

 numerous parts of the foregoing work, I have shewn how beauty and use 

 may be united, both in what regards agriculture and the formation of 

 farms. I only add here, that those who have seen the farm at Mil burn 

 laying out by the proprietor, or have witnessed the order, beauty, and 

 economy, displayed in that at Lesbury, near Alnwick*, will certainly 

 reject the dogmatic decision of this author. Are none to enjoy beauty 

 but those who can purchase an extensive country and throw it into a park? 



On kitchen gardens nothing is advanced. The hints on hot houses and 



* In addition to several farms laid put by me, and referred to in former parts of the work, 

 I might also add those at Kingswood Lodge and Egham Park, chiefly of pasture: though I 

 am sorry that I cannot approve of some recent additions made to the former residence, by 

 the proprietor j I mean the kitchen garden. 



