320 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
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overhanging sky, give it an almost magical effect in a beau- 
tiful landscape. The murmur of the babbling brook, that 
“ In linked sweetness long drawn out,” 
falls upon the ear in some quiet secluded spot, is inexpressi- 
bly soothing and delightful to the mind ; and the deeper 
sound of a cascade that rushes, with an almost musical 
dash, over its bed of moss-covered rock, is one of the most 
fascinating of the many elements of enjoyment in a fine 
country seat. The simplest or the most monotonous view 
may be enlivened by the presence of water in any con- 
siderable quantity, and the most picturesque and striking 
landscape will, by its addition, receive a new charm, in- 
expressibly enhancing all its former interest. In short, as 
no place can be considered perfectly complete without either 
a water view, or water upon its own grounds, wherever 
it does not so exist, and can be easily formed by artificial 
means, no man will neglect to take advantage of so fine a 
source of embellishment as is this element in some of its 
varied forms. 
“ Fleuves, ruisseax, beaux lacs, claires fontaines. 
Venez, portez partout la vie et la fraicheur ; 
Ah ! qui peut remplacer votre aspect enchanteur ? 
De pres il nous amuse, et de loin nous invite : 
C’est le premier qu’on cherche, et le dernier qu’on quitte. 
Vous fecondes les champs ; vous repetez les cieux, 
Vous enchantez Toreille, et vous charmez les yeux.” 
In this country, where the progress of gardening and im- 
provements of this nature, is rather shown in a simple and 
moderate embellishment of a large number of villas and 
country seats, than by a lavish and profuse expenditure on 
a few entailed places, as in the residences of the English 
