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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



from the carriage, whilst the windows, which 

 should have opened upon the embellishments 

 of a terrace or a pleasure ground, look upon 

 a sweep of glaring gravel ; indeed, it is not 

 unusual to meet with the conservatory on a 

 line with the hall door. 



I trust I shall not be deemed too severe 

 upon this great mistake, when I state, that I 

 have visited a house of much beauty and 

 expense, and commanding scenery of very 

 considerable variety and grandeur, where the 

 library window (the only room on the south 

 front) opens upon the approach, and the car- 

 riages drive up immediately under it: an 

 unfortunate error, now irremediable. 



Where circumstances will admit, the alter- 

 ation of the entrance so misplaced is well 

 worthy of attention. At Footscray Place, the 

 approach formerly went round the house to 

 set down on the south side, with a flight of 

 steps up to the hall door ; the house is now 

 entered upon the north, on a level with the 

 hall, and the former entrance is converted 

 into a library, having access by the flight of 

 steps to a handsome terrace below. 



As far as concerns the entrance, the irre- 

 gular Manorial is preferable to the Grecian 



