Similitude between House and Gardens.-The gardens, or pleasure-grounds, near a house, may be considered as so many different apartments belonging to its state, its comfort, and its pleasure. The magnificence of a house depends on the number as well as the size of its rooms; and the similitude between the house and the garden may be justly extended to the mode of decoration. A large lawn, like a large room, when unfurnished, displeases more than a small one. If only in part, or meanly furnished, we shall soon leave it with disgust; whether it be a room covered with the finest green baize, or a lawn kept with the most exquisite verdure, we look for carpets in one, and flowers in the other. If, in its unfurnished state, there chance to be a looking-glass without a frame, it can only reflect the bare walls; and thus a pool of water, without surrounding objects, reflects only the nakedness of the scene. This similitude might be extended to all the articles of furniture, for use or ornament, required in an apartment, comparing them with the seats, and buildings, and sculpture appropriate to a garden.
