Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-06-12

,vorthv of remark that there has been but
little effort made to improve upon the natural
beauty OF the flowers and trees. This shows
that the artistic sense Of Americans 10 natur-
ally correct aud there is small chance for the
artificial aud stifi methods of French garden
Ing To gain footboid here. Tho avenues oil
many European parks are liued with trees
and hedges clipped from ground To top and
forming uniform unbroken walls Of green
through which arches OF various shapes are
cut, giving views of distant landscape or ot
gardens Of still flowers and brilliant mass OF
cOlored foliage. In the time OF Louis NV,
n styie OF gardening was adopted ut the Palace
of Nersaills that was extremely artificial and
has had marked effect on all French gar
den work.
"No artful wildness to perpeS the scene;
Grove mods at grove, each alley has n brother,
And half ths platform Just reflects the other
rho suffering eye Inverted nature sees,
Trees cut to statues, statues thick as trces.'
REVIVAL or ROMAN.
This style of Louis XIV WAS but revival
ofthe style of gardening In vogue among tho
ancient Romans. In speaking Of his Tuscan
villa the younger Pliny writes Gin front OF
tho por.ico of tho house lies terrace cut into
all kinds of shapes, and edged with box II II
adioinsd by n slOpiDg lawn, at the side OF
which the box IN cut into tho forms OF various
animals looki ing at each othor. In the PLAIN
stands a cluster Of delicate aanthus plants,
round which there IL a walk, the latter being
inclosod by hedge OF overgreens cut into dii.
ferent shapes and always kept under tho
shears by the side of 1t an avenue rosom-
bling n race course winds round clusters
OF box cut into various shapes, and trees not
allowed to grow high.
"rhe whole is incosod 10y wall hidden
from sight by lockwood planted in terrace
like manner. Behind the wall follows
meadow, pleasing by its natural beauties no
loss than the garden by It's artificial charms.
In front OF tho building lies roouy lawn
open in the centre aud surrounded 10y maple
trees iyy encircles their stems and branches
winding from one tree To another. Here you
see a small meadow, there clusters oi box
cut into "A thousand shapes, sometimes in the
form of letters indicating the name OF the
owner or that of the gardener. You next
come 10 "A grove with a bench of white mar
bic, overshadowed by a grape vine prOppcd
by four small columns of Carystian marble"
These were the gardens Of tho rich and
powerful Il il better that ours should be Gnu
blematic OF the justly governed freedom We
enjoy.
Besides the more public lawns noted there
are hundreds of beautiful back yards aud
flower beds IN Lancaster; and even during
tho winter there IN much window gardening
here. II is a beautiful aud elovatiug Gus.
TOM With us the poorest may enjoy the
flowers aud their refining influence VIII AZ
feet the character Of the people.
Take but the humblest lily OF the field,
Ana, II our pride VIII to our reason yield,
II must, by sure comparison, be shown
That ON the regal seat great DaNli'4 son,
Arrnycd In all his robes and typCs of power,
shines with less glory than that siuplc nnwci.'