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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
often drooping to the ground, — which is chiefly attained by 
planting and grouping, to allow free development of form ; 
and by selecting trees of suitable character, as the elm, the 
ash, and the like. In walks and roads, by easy flowing 
curves, following natural shapes of the surface, with no 
sharp angles or abrupt turns. In water, by the smooth lake 
with curved margin, embellished with flowing groups of 
trees, and full masses of flowering shrubs — or in the easy 
winding curves of a brook. The keeping of such a scene 
should be of the most polished kind, — grass mown into a 
softness like velvet, gravel walks scrupulously firm, dry, 
and clean, and the most perfect order and neatness, should 
reign throughout. Among the trees and shrubs, should be 
conspicuous the finest foreign sorts, distinguished by beauty 
of form; foliage, and blossom ; and rich groups of shrubs, 
and flowering plants, should be arranged in the more dressed 
portions near the house. And finally, considering the 
house itself as a feature in the scene, it should, properly, 
belong to one of the classical modes — the Italian, Tuscan, 
or Venetian forms are preferable, because these have a 
domestic air, and readily admit of the graceful accompani- 
ments of vases, urns, and other harmonious accessories. 
Or, if we are to have a plainer dwelling, it should be sim- 
ple in its character, and its veranda may be festooned 
with masses of the finest climbers. 
The Picturesque School of Landscape Gardening, Fig. 
13, aims at the production of outlines of a certain spirited 
irregularity ; surfaces, comparatively abrupt and broken ; 
and growth, of a somewhat wild and hold character. The 
shape of the ground sought after, has its occasional smooth- 
ness varied by sudden variations, and, in parts, runs into 
dingles, rocky groups, and broken banks. The trees, should, 
