New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-26

thu ers that have not been wahIRi NE s,n 81 mas
oral abundance and rural prosperity. We una she
ION for the comfort and happiness Of man and animals
An the beauties and bountes OF sprinRtne ahe ma
gather round them; tho dews OF morning glsteh upo9
sm iie stars IN the heavens the flowers are sprinked
gpol them Ike gems IN oeSn th Seppds that are always
cheerful and flash in the sunlight as they eap over
bending blades The merry mqlHtudes OF the insect
rsce SIn from them shelter and subsistence and send
up an unceasing chorus or merry Nolc.s IN 1o ~
dure which is beautiful counterpart Oh inc "'"'''
Il may be truly said that splendoE Of flowers or oi
the foliage of trees would make amends Tor te psod
OF grass Distant hills and plains may DO nade ti
e Wy over9 To- render them grateful the sight OF
interesting to the mind This is the picturesque view OF
nAne In it's attractions In every field or pasture 'nne
offers tender blades 20 the grazing heIus h and
flowers and ferns and mOssos which are a%SgS Wbat
with them. and assist in composing their feIuI mass "f
seems 10 the eve of n child mere UNIFORM mass va
green is assembage OF different species .n"' ,o,ta
oB STa s'q SFe for Vast IN their as5s@Sage
reflect on the phenomena OF nature we shd Than the
slider the least thing any less admiraGe 5sSh is
greatest. The amount OF wOhdeIIn en- at
indicated in q spear of herdsgTass as IN the bamboo io
cascade that falls over the pebbles IN our looat y d.
admirable to one who regards as eNhohE tno Po"0i
of nature as the Falls Of Niagara
The author has little patience with those ruthless
aesthetic devotees who have lost their sense OF
natural simplicity in their mania for elaborate cuiu
yation He laughs to scOrn their ideas OF beauty
which run almost entirely into waving INES ana
smooth and rotund surfaces. With them every
thing in landscape must bear the marks OF costly
ornamentation. They regard nothing so beautitul
as a well-trmmed hedge-row or nicely painted
fence, believing that the more completely Nature is
subdued by Art, the more credit she reflects upon
| her owner.
Unfortunate are the picturesque old roads that fan I'M
der the manag cement OF this class Of men, when em
spontaneous production Of nature should remain mere
except the gravel. Not even tree must oe toeISsgI
! growths of s6rubbeIy condemned 10 perish. II
by-road be embroidered with charming variety on ma
tive herbaceOus plants at one season adorned
with foliage thew send the pow directly into this
TO carry out their ideas rnOothness and
20 expel Nature as II she were oigO VI cr6ed their
The passers this byroad iormeIy venues lSit
way along foOtpath through Its various s.IupDSay
and the children Of ne village as nfg ber aowers
and fruit sitting down upon some green tussOSH, u b
| The shady protection Of halfgrown trees, when hau
come up without planting: Ihey Watcneu te nv
with its circular cymes OF Whte movers t ~
there in ube and the gycine that fesooned
the thickets with dark flowers IN August, hhey au
with uprg ht stems supporting the twinng conyolyuns
interviewer with the dark blue nOweIs 9i u1e MOGny
nghtshade, and others climbing overhead anu loilnE
eang have snoed the footpath and destroyed the
anS tb thew fowers and Fruit and children no
than birds lament this destruction OF their pleasant way
side haunts Ever since my boyhood have these yaDda
of the roads been deservedy cursed the despoes OF
nature aud the clumsy agents of tasteful impostuIe
There is another class OF despoiers VINO pursue tei
/ model farmers"men who thnk tIdI hdluIo pc
made subseryient 70 abOr ana aooI 70 di
stroll along by the estates OF these industrious Vanas
Won will be struck with the badness ana nakedness o.
ibe borders OF their fields Not shrub nor vine can
with IMMUNITY lift it's head above the ground on either
! near them wOuld be hunted like adder. We may
distinguish the possession Of these model farmers S
observing pass by, their singular Darkness scn
SG U "a Yonng damse with her hair tied up in
papers distinguished from one whose tresses hang
down her neck 10 careless freedom; 49,, ,
They will tell you that wild shrubbery harDots Keihn,
and that its intncacy affords them shelter when Is not
provided by a formal hedgerOw But II II harDors IN,
sects, II protects also the BIRDS tha feed upon te II
il causes the multiplication of small quadrupeds II sup
plies also the mast that susains them IA propoI9h s
the thcket has been eradieated from the OF e
and sides the insects that destroy our crops nave m
creased the birds that found protection WITHIN
fed to distant places and le6 the insects TO COM
nit their ravages uumOested, - ,.,-.,
There is a certain kind of beauty 10 high eutyalon
there Is still in neaness and simplicity there Is
even sort relative beauty in badness, when 1t is
Tor constantly moving crowd There Is no man VINO
cannot appreciate the beauty OF weltLea ds[ noi Il
dressed paths and borders. But N IL DE "A quesuoh
whetherhe perfect smOOthness and badness OF gray
eed walk Weeded OF every bush and herb Is more in-
teresting than the rustic negligence OF another Wah'
covered with variety OF shrubs ana vines ana htet
sected by foOtplh by the feet of men ana AMI
Wond pot prefer the neglected pathway For nothing
70 that singngbirds should lind Dushy knou 10
10 the passing traveerl Il it nothing 20 us that We
may gathers few yioets under hazebnsh Tor the niue
child we lead by the hand Is nothing 70 the Young
maiden THAT she Oiter by the roadside IN quest oil
wldOwers instead OF roaming in distant fields, where
those byroads where there but little passing a
kinds Of native shrubs are more m e f e ne place.
Especially IN me 1qEaerS if feir grassy turf embossed
with widfOwer needfu for the protection OF BIRDS tha
live i'm rubbery, and not in trees, and VIII not accept
the bushes of the garden because they have no tangled
underground Insects, in the different stages OF ther
existence multiply with the increase OF age Tor every
fertilizer that Is mixed with the soil renders II more
productive veT1nin Birds, which are the natural
checks to the overm tipcatOn of insects, would be-
numerous IN proportion to the increased sup
ply OF their insect food IL there was harDor iOr te
IL the vicinity. great number OF small BIRDS an OF
which, not excepting the granVOroIs species leeI IS
young with aryg, are eXiled by the want OF D0roer
shrubbery The cabird, an inyeterae consumer on ln
sects second only TO the robin III useluness 70 the Ia
mer, will become very familiar. aud build ID our gar
dens supplied with plenty OF wild thcEet to ylec
that secluslOn that SUITS us temper anu haDi bLHs VI
every species prefer certain description OF shrubs or
trees for a resort and how great soeyer Their supply
Of food. woods OF tncKets are near 70 anor1 mem
harbor and nursery for their young they viii leave
it untasted Any man VINO owns an acre OIL land ng9t
by very little sacrifice of space, which IS to be MED
| with the wlldlngs OF nature
The portions Of the work devoted 10 reflection and
criticism are not in so happy a vein those which
the author INDUCES his natural taste for descriptions
Of scenery, and images of rural content His deini-
ton of the picturesque, for example, as the quality
in an ugly scene that yields the charm of one that
is beautiful will hardly bear the test of analysis in
point of fact, the secret Of the picturesque which
appeals with romantic power to the I'M
agnation, will be found TO have no essential
! relation to ugliness, though homely surrounding
will doubtless often highten the artless beauty
which is its essence by the force of contrast. The
| old mill by the side of mountain stream is o
more picturesque object than a cathedral,
| because it is in intimate harmony
with nature, but the miller's handsome daugh-
ter who stands in the doorway does not lessen
it's picturesque effect. Mr. Fagg is also too sweeping
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