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GEOMETRICAL FLOWER-GARDENS. 



gardening, or from a desire to improve 

 upon those principles, we know not ; but 

 certainly in many cases they have sadly 

 erred, and, by carrying the natural part 

 of the subject too far, have destroyed the 

 features of a garden, when on a large 

 scale, and converted it into a park in 

 miniature : upon smaller scales, it is diffi- 

 cult to say whether a garden or park is 

 intended. The specimen we offer is that 

 of an arbour that existed in the famous 

 garden of the Duke of Baden at Schweit- 

 zingen, which, when we saw it, was going 

 into decay, and is since converted into an 

 occasional hunting-lodge, although once 

 one of the richest in the Rhenish pro- 

 vinces as regards sculpture and garden 

 ornament. 



Arbours of this description can be readily 

 constructed of iron. We would, however, 

 in all cases, have the roofs made water- 

 tight, by covering them with thin plates 

 of corrugated galvanised iron. They 

 would then enter into the catalogue of 

 useful decorations, and, in such a cli- 

 mate as that of Britain, would be al- 

 most useless unless so constructed, as 

 they would fail to afford shelter in the 

 event of a storm. A very scanty cover- 

 ing of climbing plants may be indulg- 

 ed in, but by no means to the extent 

 of destroying the character of the struc- 

 ture. 



§ 7. — MAUSOLEUMS, CENOTAPHS, OR 

 SEPULCHRAL STRUCTURES. 



These are adapted to every style of 

 grounds, whether natural or artificial. 

 The situation chosen should be that of 

 quiet and repose. 



The mausoleum erected in memory of 

 the Princess Charlotte of Wales, in the 

 grounds at Claremont, is in as bad taste, 

 from its diminutive size and perishable 

 material, as the marble cenotaph in the 

 Chapel Royal at Windsor, erected for the 

 same purpose, is chaste, imperishable, and 

 beautiful. The mausoleums at Brockels- 

 by, Trentham, Belvoir, Hamilton Palace, 

 and Castle Howard, are worthy of their 

 tenants and the commanding situation 

 they occupy. Those of Brockelsby and 

 Trentham are in open and exposed situa- 

 tions, without any indication around them 

 as to what they really are. That at Bel- 

 voir is approached through a magnificent, 

 although sombre and sepulchral, avenue 

 of aged yews, and is well hidden until 

 nearly approached. That at Castle How- 

 ard is placed in a retired spot upon the 

 banks of the lake. 



As architectural objects, they have 

 their effect in landscape, and the order 

 should accord with the style of the man- 

 sion and the other decorative buildings 

 that may exist in the grounds. 



