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Book: An inquiry into the changes of taste in landscape gardening, 1806
Chapter: Part I. Historical Notices.

Corruptions of Brown's style of garden design

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Brown's style corrupted.-Mr. Brown, after his death, was immediately succeeded by a numerous herd of his foremen and working gardeners, who, from having executed his designs, became consulted, as well as employed, in the several works which he had entrusted them to superintend. Among these, one person had deservedly acquired great credit at Harewood, at Holkham, and other places, by the execution of gravel walks, the planting of shrubberies, and other details belonging to pleasure grounds, which were generally divided from the park by a sunk fence, or ha! ha! and happy would it have been for the country, and the art, if he had confined his talents within such boundary. Unfortunately, without the same great ideas, he fancied he might improve by enlarging his plans. This introduced all that bad taste which has been attributed to his great master, Brown.