For these reasons, I cannot too strongly recommend a due attention to the following circumstances, which will be deemed innovations in the modern system, by those who contend that landscape forms the basis of landscape gardening, viz. First, To reduce the size of the pleasure ground, as it is called, within such limits that it may be kept with the utmost artificial neatness. Secondly, Not to aim even at the appearance of extent in garden scenery, without marking its artificial boundary, or separature, from the natural landscape. Thirdly, When the dressed grounds form part of the view from the windows, especially those of the principal rooms, let it be artificial in its keeping and in its embellishments; let it rather appear to be the rich frame of the landscape than a part of the picture. Fourthly, Whether the dressed garden be seen from the windows, or in a detached situation, let it be near the house, and, if possible, connected with it by a sheltered, if not a covered way. And lastly, As the winter of England extends from November to May, it is highly desirable to provide a garden for those months, and thereby artificially to prolong our summers beyond the natural limits of our precarious climate.
