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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



tention. The house was undergoing a repair, 

 and a drawing-room, or library, was to be 

 added, commanding a fine view over a varied 

 landscape. 



The original approach came too near the 

 end of the house where the additional room 

 was to be built. The hall-door was where it 

 ought to be — remote from the living rooms. 

 An old avenue presented an opportunity for a 

 fine approach. 



These circumstances I pointed out to the 

 proprietor, and rejoiced in the prospect of 

 getting rid of the road from the living rooms, 

 and in so fortunate a line as the avenue offered 

 for it. 



I left the country, anticipating the beauty 

 of the dress-ground, and the scenery beyond 

 it, when relieved from the intrusion of the 

 approach. What was, then, my astonishment 

 and mortification, when I learned, a short 

 time ago, that the hall-door was placed close 

 to the library, and the approach carried under 

 the windows. 



This fact, among many others, will evince, 

 that local advantages, aided by the happiest 

 plan of improvement, are of no avail when 

 a false idea has taken possession of the mind. 



