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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



of necessity. I am not partial to berceau 

 walks : they belong, at any rate, rather to 

 the flower-garden than to the shrubbery, of 

 which we are now speaking : they may, how- 

 ever, be occasionally well applied ; as in 

 leading to a seat or ornamental building in 

 character with them ; or, still more appropri- 

 ately, in masking some boundary fence which 

 cannot easily be avoided : but long walks of 

 this description, intersecting the open lawn, 

 I think, are sadly misplaced. 



The width of a walk must in great measure 

 be determined by circumstances. If it be of 

 such extent as to afford the means for exer- 

 cise, it should admit of three persons walking 

 abreast ; as otherwise one is thrown out : this 

 accommodation cannot be obtained under a 

 width of six feet, but I think seven better. 

 When the walk is of too limited extent to be 

 used for exercise, its width should be in pro- 

 portion to its length, and to the scale of the 

 grounds. It is desirable, however, that the 

 walk near the house, where it can be done, 

 should be of sufficient length and width to 

 supply the want of a terrace, where the latter 

 cannot be obtained. If this walk can be 

 made a straight one, it will answer the pur- 



