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I have therefore frequently been the means of restoring acre
of useless garden to the deer or sheep, to which they more
properly belong.
This is now carrying on with admirable effect at' BULsTR oD,
where the gardens of every kind are on a great scale, and where
from the choice andvariety of the plants, the direction of the walks,
the enrichment of art, and the attention to every circumstance
of elegance .and magnificence; the pleasure ground is perfect as
a whole, while its several parts may furnish models of the
following different characters of taste in gardening: the ancient
garden, the American garden, the modern terrace walks, and tke
jlower garden: the latter is, perhaps, one of the most varied
and extensive of its kind, and therefore too large to be other-
wise artificial, than in the choice of its flowers, and the embel-
lishments of art in its ornaments;
Flower gardens on a small scale may, with propriety, be
formal and artificial; but in all cases they require neatness and
attention.   On this subject I  shall transcribe the following
passage from the Red Book of VALLEY FtELD.c
To common observers, the most obvious 'difference between
Mr. Brown's style and that of ancient gardens, was the change
"Although I have never seen VALLEY FIELD myself, yet it flatters me to learn,
that under the direction of my two sons, by taking advantage of the deep roiantie
glen and wooded banks of the river which flows through the grounds, and falls into
the Frith of Forth at a short distance from the house, an approach has been made,
which, from variety, interest, and picturesque scenery, may vie with any thing of
the kind in England; while it remains a specimen of the powers of landscape gardening
in that part of Scotland, where the art had been introduced only by those imitators of
Mr. Brown's manner, who had travelled into the north. His own improvements were
confined to England."