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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



ford (a distance of three miles from the outer 

 lodge to the park gate), passing between 

 farms in various occupation, the best way of 

 getting over such country is by an avenue, as 

 it is there done ; which not only avoids a 

 multiplicity of gates, but is in character with 

 the magnitude of the domain through which 

 it leads. 



We have seen at Wilton that length is not 

 always necessary, even in an approach to a 

 magnificent residence : with regard to the 

 other point of difference, embellishment, I hold 

 it to be an essential distinction, according to 

 the magnitude and character of the place. 



By the embellishments of an approach, I 

 mean the trees and undergrowth that adorn 

 it. These embellishments, then, ought, I 

 conceive, to be in unison with the scene. In 

 driving through a park interspersed with 

 masses of wood, natural groups of trees, and 

 thickets of thorn, holly, &c, we do not ex- 

 pect to meet with laurels, portugals, and 

 other materials of a shrubbery : in all such 

 cases I cannot but feel them utterly mis- 

 placed. The gardener has no business in 

 the park. But, at the cottage ornee, its 

 limited domain and general character not 



