SUPPLEMENT TO LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
SECTION I. 
SOME GENERAL REMARKS ON LANDSCAPE GARDENING AND 
COUNTRY PLACES. 
Great as was tlie impetus given to the public mind 
by the first appearance of this book in 1841, and great 
as has been the advantage derived from its publication 
since, not only in assisting by certain rules as far as it is 
possible to apply rules to an art, but also in developing 
and fostering rural tastes, yet, we think, it must be 
conceded by observing and discriminating persons, that 
the style of our country places is still vastly inferior 
to the very marked improvement in Rural Architecture 
during the past ten years. 
This has arisen partly from the fact that no sensible 
man attempts to build his own house, and the necessity 
of employing architects has not only developed much 
ability in our own professors of this art, but has also 
given us the additional advantage of a great deal of for- 
eign talent and skill. 
This has not been the case wdth Landscape Gardening. 
There has been no one since Mr. Downing’s death who 
has exactly filled the niche he occupied in the public 
estimation. We do not mean to say that there are not 
at present in this country, gentlemen of taste and know- 
ledge, and who are professional Landscape Gardeners of 
sufficient ability to take any place and to make it all 
that is desirable ; but there is no one, we think, whose 
judgment and opinions would have, at this moment, 
such decided and marked influence in all matters of 
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