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situation. Upon a limited piece of ground, attached to a cottage 

 or small villa, perhaps no greater portion than may be compre- 

 hended in the view from the villa should receive much embellish- 

 ment ; and the endeavour must be to introduce as great a variety 

 as can consistently be admitted : but an extensive piece of ground 

 affords proportionate opportunity for the Landscape Gardener to 

 display taste and ingenuity in producing ornamental and picturesque 

 effect ; as a greater diversity of subjects, both natural and artificial, 

 may be judiciously and appropriately introduced. Prospects from 

 different points of view, vistas, groves, lakes, temples, statuary, &c., 

 with their addition of individual beauty, give to the whole an 

 imposing effect of magnificence. 



Taking a general view of the modern art of Gardening, its supe- 

 riority to the antiquated style must be obvious to those who possess 

 taste, and delight in Landscape scenery. A natural irregularity has 

 superseded the stiff geometrical system — the square and compass 

 have given place to a graceful freedom, embracing the elegancies 

 of taste and art, both of which are intimately blended with the 

 operations of the Landscape Gardener. 



It is now surprising that the beauty of a garden could ever be 

 thought to consist in nicely measured parallel lines, in justly regu- 

 lated squares, in truly drawn circles or geometrical forms with sides 

 precisely corresponding, and ornaments of stone, placed throughout 

 with undeviating exactitude. Yet while Landscape Gardening has 



