. An encyclopædia of gardening; . 120. The modern, or JSnglisJi style of gardening. SirJ. E. Smith informs us, was quite the fashion inHolland, in 17S3; but neither the surface of theground, the confined limits of territorial property, northe general attention to frugality and economy, arefavorable to this style. Some attempts, on a smallscale, may be seen from the canals, but we knowof no extensive parks and pleasure-grounds in thismanner. 121. An example of a Flejnish garden in theEnglishstyle {fig. 9.) is given by Kraft; it is of small size,but varied by the disposition of the trees, rustic

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. An encyclopædia of gardening; . 120. The modern, or JSnglisJi style of gardening. SirJ. E. Smith informs us, was quite the fashion inHolland, in 17S3; but neither the surface of theground, the confined limits of territorial property, northe general attention to frugality and economy, arefavorable to this style. Some attempts, on a smallscale, may be seen from the canals, but we knowof no extensive parks and pleasure-grounds in thismanner. 121. An example of a Flejnish garden in theEnglishstyle {fig. 9.) is given by Kraft; it is of small size,but varied by the disposition of the trees, rusticieats, and raised surfaces; and surrounded, as Dutchmd Flemish gardens usually arc, by a canal. It waslaid out by Charpenticr, gardener to the senate ofFrance, in the time of Napoleon. 122. The villa of .1/. Bertrand of Bruges is thus noticed in the Caledonian HorticidturalTour : — It has extensive grounds, and is flat, but ivell varied by art. \Miere the straight walks cross eachother at right angles, the centre of the point o

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