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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
always received the most tasteful and judicious treat* 
ment. 
The lover of the expressive in nature, or the beautiful in 
art, will find here innumerable subjects for his study. 
The natural scenery in many portions approaches the cha- 
racter of grandeur, and the foreground of rich woods and 
lawns, stretching out on all sides of the mountain, completes 
a home landscape of dignified and elegant seclusion, rarely 
surpassed in any country. 
Among the fine features of this estate are the wilder- 
ness, a richly w^ooded and highly picturesque valley, filled 
with the richest growth of trees, and threaded with dark, 
intricate, and mazy walks, along which are placed a 
variety of rustic 
seats (Fig. 4). 
This valley is 
musical with the 
sound of water- 
falls, of which 
there are several 
fine ones in the 
bold impetuous 
stream which 
finds its course 
through the low- 
[Fig. 4. One of the Rustic Seats at Montgomery Place.] P ai t of the 
wilderness. Near the further end of the valley is a beauti- 
ful lake (Fig. 5), half of which lies cool and dark under the 
shadow of tall trees, while the other half gleams in the 
open sunlight. 
In a part of the lawn, near the house, yet so surrounded 
by a dark setting of trees and shrubs as to form a rich 
