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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



found both in the quotation just given, and 

 also throughout the whole of the Review; 

 and it will be abundantly manifest, that the 

 author of the Planter's Guide has mis- 

 taken not only the passages which he selects, 

 but the general bearing of the whole. 



Having already considered the only pas- 

 sage in the Review of Sir Henry's own work* 

 which in any way bears upon the question, 

 I scruple not to say, that the whole spirit of 

 that review, in strict conformity with the one 

 on Monteith, appears altogether irreconcile- 

 able to the system of circles and ovals, as 

 " certainly the best for temporary and large 

 " detached masses of wood." Nay, I am per- 

 suaded, that, were Sir Henry himself to visit 

 some places originally planted in avenues and 

 formal lines, he would be constrained to ac- 

 knowledge the oval and circle to be as irre- 

 concileable to such planting, as they are to 

 the face and varied outline of Nature's hand. 



Take, for instance, Rurleigh ; compare 

 the circular and oval plantations of the outer 

 park with the original planting of that mag- 

 nificent scenery. The original is formal ; but 

 that formality is accompanied by a grandeur 

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