[Fig. 150. West Front of the Pavillon, towards the garden, as proposed to be altered; on the left, the orangery changed into a chiosk, and a part of the stables.] (Fig. 151. North Front of the Pavillon, towards the parade, before it was altered.] (Fig. 152. North Front of the Pavillon, towards the parade, as it would appear, if the new private apartment were carried into execution.] PREFACE. MANY years have elapsed since the production of a former Work, under the title of " Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening;" during which, the Author's attention has been called to such variety of subjects, such interesting scenery, and such novelty of expedients, that a second volume under the former title might have been expected; (the whole of two editions of that Work are entirely sold, and the volume is become very scarce.) The contents of the present volume, which appears under a new title, will be found neither to be a continuation nor a contradiction of the former Observations; but, from the subject's being elucidated by new and more beautiful examples, the Author's former principles in "the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening" will be confirmed. The following fragments having been selected from more than four hundred different reports in MS., an occasional repetition of the same remark will unavoidably, though not frequently, occur; and for this, it is hoped that the variety and beauty of the subjects may compensate, by giving new and more striking examples and elucidations. The art of landscape gardening (which more peculiarly belongs to this country) is the only art which every one professes to understand, and even to practise, without having studied its rudiments. No man supposes he can paint a landscape, or play on an instrument, without some knowledge of painting and music; but every one thinks himself competent to lay out grounds, and sometimes to plan a house for himself, |