84 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



cable, its situation with regard to the house 

 will vary according to the different circum- 

 stances of each place. When the living rooms 

 are on, or nearly on, a level with the lawn, 

 and where the scenery is rather flat than 

 elevated, the wall should not be far from the 

 house, as it would shut out too much of the 

 view. And here again, Cassiobury furnishes 

 an apt example ; the space enclosed by the 

 wall before the windows being small, while 

 the pleasure ground stretches into quantity 

 in another direction. The wall also is, with 

 great judgment, varied to agree with the 

 varieties of projection and recess of the man- 

 sion, as one straight line of such length 

 standing on the flat surface of the lawn would 

 be very insipid ; whereas the different rect- 

 angular breaks, with the light and shadow 

 resulting from them, give a variety and rich- 

 ness highly pleasing. 



The height of the wall will be governed in 

 like manner by its relation to the circumstances 

 of the house. The one which we have been 

 considering, is two feet six inches high ; a 

 greater height would have interfered with 

 the scenery. Where such interference is not 

 apprehended, I think three feet a better 



