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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
magical effect in a beautiful landscape. The murmur of 
the babbling brook, that 
“ In linked sweetness long drawn out,” 
falls upon the ear in some quiet secluded spot, is inex 
pressibly soothing and delightful to the mind ; and the 
deeper sound of the 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 mono- 
tonous view may be enlivened by the presence of water in 
any considerable quantity ; and the most picturesque and 
striking landscape will, by its addition, receive a new 
charm, inexpressibly 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, ruisseaux, beaux lacs, elaires 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 fecondez les champs ; vous repetez les cieux ; 
Vous enchantez l’oreille, et vous charm ez les yeux.” 
In this country, where the progress of gardening and 
improvements 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 expen- 
diture on a few entailed places, as in the residences of the 
English nobility, the formation of large pieces of water 
