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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



The flat tile, when old, becomes picturesque, 

 and well adapted to the village roof. 



Where a mansion is so unfortunate as to 

 have a regular village for its neighbour, all 

 attempt at the picturesque is hopeless, espe- 

 cially if there are houses on both sides of the 

 road. Neatness, and a degree of symmetry, 

 are all that can be effected. Ripley, near Har- 

 rowgate, is a good example of such a village. 



When a village is to be partially rebuilt, 

 every opportunity of irregularity should be 

 attended to ; and care taken to assimilate the 

 new, as far as convenience will permit, to the 

 old. Any swelling knoll that will contain a 

 cottage should be so occupied, as tending to 

 that variety we have been considering. 



A village sometimes appears as the re- 

 sidence of people above the labouring class, 

 from the size and decoration of the houses 

 which compose it. The village of Belton, 

 near Grantham, exhibits a striking example 

 of this character : the variety of the houses, 

 and the picturesque form of each, evince the 

 taste of the designer. The highest specimen 

 of the straggling village with which I am ac- 

 quainted is adjoining the grounds at Foxley, 

 the residence of the late Sir Uvedale Price. 



