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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



There are situations where the walk can- 

 not, in any direction, be carried round the 

 dress ground, without manifest injury to the 

 general effect ; as, when the lawn in front of 

 the house is flat and of small extent; and 

 which, for the sake of the scenery beyond, 

 must be kept open and unbroken by plant- 

 ing for a considerable space. A walk, under 

 such circumstances, would destroy the repose 

 of the lawn, and, at the same time, narrow its 

 extent by placing it between two lines of 

 gravel, as there must be a walk close to the 

 house. In such a case, the house-walk (as we 

 will call it) may be taken on either side, as 

 may best suit, through the closer plantations, 

 -and may be returned into itself, out of sight 

 of the windows, leaving the lawn to be paced 

 in any direction that the variety and richness 

 of its glowing decorations may invite. 



The above remark was suggested to my 

 mind by a perfect example of its propriety, 

 and which is at this moment before me. You 

 step from a colonnade filled with the gayest 

 flowers upon the walk, that, passing a con- 

 servatory, leads you under a canopy of over- 

 hanging trees, — a short but beautiful circuit, 

 which returns you to the lawn, sparkling with 



