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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
decorations, as to heighten by contrast, the beauty of the 
whole adjacent landscape. 
With regard to pavilions, summer-houses, rustic seats, and 
garden edifices of like character, they should, if possible, in 
all cases be introduced where they are manifestly appropriate 
or in harmony with the scene. Thus a grotto should not 
be formed in the side of an open bank, but in a deep 
shadowy recess; a classic temple or pavilion may crown 
a beautiful and prominent knoll, and a rustic covered seat 
may occupy a secluded, quiet portion of the grounds, where 
undisturbed meditation may be enjoyed. As our favourite 
Delille says : 
“ Sachez ce qui convient oil nuit au caractere. 
Un reduit ecarte, dans un lieu solitaire, 
Peint mieux la solitude encore et l’abandon. 
Montrez*vous done fidele a chaque expression ; 
N’allez pas au grand jour offrir un ermitage : 
Ne cachez point un temple au fond d’un bois sauvage.” 
Les Jardins. 
Or if certain objects are unavoidably placed in situations 
of inimical expression, the artist should labour to alter the 
character of the locality. How much this can be done by the 
proper choice of trees and shrubs, and the proper arrange- 
ment of plantations, those who have seen the difference in 
aspect of certain favourite localities of wild nature, as covered 
with wood, or as denuded by the axe, can well judge. 
And we hope the amateur, who has made himself familiar 
with the habits and peculiar expressions of different trees, as 
pointed out in this work, will not find himself at a loss to 
effect such changes, by the aid of time, with ease and 
facility. 
