LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



chance is there of its being executed so as to 

 effect the purpose intended? The manage- 

 ment of ground requires the greatest skilly 

 even when the scale of operation is of con- 

 siderable extent and breadth of character. 

 With what hopes of success then can these 

 " low but extended hillocks " be attempted ? To 

 whom could be committed the delicate oper- 

 ation of a connection that depends on the junc- 

 tion of each part to the whole ? To what hand 

 could be intrusted the manner of concealing 

 the separation, which should itself be disguised 



— the different degrees of cavity or rotundity 



— the different shapes and dimensions to the little 

 parts thus distinguished by degrees, &c. &c. ? 

 If this intricate operation were to be effected 

 under direction that could afford any pro- 

 spect of success, the expense would outweigh 

 the advantage proposed : if it were committed 

 to other direction, the attempt would be 

 worse than abortive. But, added to all this, 

 these low but extended hillocks, &c. are, 

 many of them, if not all, calculated for a 

 single point of view, as change of place would 

 materially derange the effect intended by 

 them. 



Let us, however, see how far the author's 



