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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



fore, in my opinion, every way more appro- 

 priate. 



Dal men ey, in the neighbourhood of Edin- 

 burgh, affords a good illustration of this idea. 

 The mansion is worthy of the extensive and 

 beautiful domain over which it presides ; but 

 the shape and character of the ground at 

 both the entrances forbid any attempt to the 

 erection of a lodge corresponding with the 

 architecture of the house; and I think good 

 taste has substituted a simple building at 

 each of them. 



Where a splendid lodge is appropriate, I 

 should prefer an arched gateway to any other 

 building, provided the gateway be deep 

 enough. A thin archway, being deficient in 

 point of light and shadow, is to me, I confess, 

 very unsatisfactory. Moreover, this depth 

 admits of the porter's residence within it, 

 which I take to be more simple and charac- 

 teristic than any separate lodge united with 

 such a gateway can be. A wall of corre- 

 sponding height and character should accom- 

 pany this entrance. 



A gate between pillars, if upon a large 

 scale, seems to require a lodge for each 

 flank ; but such an arrangement, appearing as 



