. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. iU THE COTTAGE GARDENER. [May 30. dening, and the beauty is much increased by being extended, I hope the annexed one will not be censured for being small, as I expressly made it so in order to meet the case of such a one as A'. T. Z.—it numbering the same quantity of beds as his, exclusive of the centre one, which X believe, in his case, was a fountain. It may, therefore, be regarded as one of a set of rivals to X. Y. figm-e, of which I could easily conU-ive many others, but hope some one else will do so, being of opinion that for a limited pie
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. iU THE COTTAGE GARDENER. [May 30. dening, and the beauty is much increased by being extended, I hope the annexed one will not be censured for being small, as I expressly made it so in order to meet the case of such a one as A'. T. Z.—it numbering the same quantity of beds as his, exclusive of the centre one, which X believe, in his case, was a fountain. It may, therefore, be regarded as one of a set of rivals to X. Y. figm-e, of which I could easily conU-ive many others, but hope some one else will do so, being of opinion that for a limited piece of ground there is no method so well adapted for a floral display in summer, or an interesting appearance in winter, as Dutch or geometrical plans of which tliis is only a limited sketch, capable of being vai-ied in many ways. E\en the largest plans are not (I think) complete without something of the sort. I imagine an an-angenient of oO or 100 beds in vai-ious tasteful figures, bordered with box, and walks of uniform width between, placed in such a situation as to be seen from an elevated position, as a teiTace, balcony, up-staiv window, or any place where tlie whole figure at once can be distinctly seen, and it need hardly be asked what opinion will be given. True, there are some who aspire to what they call a close attention to Nature, who despise eventhing in which symmeb-y forms a pai't; but even these ai-e rapidly becoming converts to the opinion which makes a pleasm-e-grouud picturesque in the true sense of the word, and not grotesque, as the attempts to imitate a forest or extended landscape on less than an acre of ground too tndy imply. Whilst on this subject, I vnll make a few remarks on what, I think, ouglit never to be lost sight of in this description of gardening. When agood view from above cannot be obtained, and one neai-ly horL2ontal must serve, never allow much in- tricacy in the figures, for although it may look very pretty on paper, you will find, when
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