Upper terrace

I therefore make a compromise between ancient and modern gardening, between art and nature, and by increasing the height, or rather the depth, from the upper terrace to the lower level of the ground, I make that the line of demarcation between the dressed ground and the park, in the manner explained by the view of BURLEY [fig. 84]; and happy would it be for the magnificence of English scenery, if many such stately terraces near a palace had been thus preserved.