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Book VI. PUBLIC GARDENS FOR RECREATION.
are th e more admired, since they show the skill of th e landscape-gardener m eliciting th« ‘
i e ln S i s where they were the least to be expected. After all, this is rtyher a public promenade than a
garden as th e la tte r term implies space in width, as well as length. The n atu re otyhis situation makty
the walks unavoidably artificial ; and all the beautiful effects that may be produced undty
able circumstances, by imitations of natura l scenery, would be here completely
thp formation of the walks, the principle of the recognition or avowal of a r t is always kept in view. All
the turns and slopes are of that m easured and regular kind which has the opposite expression to that of
common foot-paths through meadows, in th e same way as th e slow m ^ ^ r e d ®‘®P®
in a procession can always be distinguished from those of a simple c o u n t r ^ a n , or of a child a t h's ease.
A pérfectly straight walk of the length of those m th e garden a t Frankfort, would be ^
wparisome uniforraitv • and yet th e narrowness of the space allotted to the garden prevents the pi«-
sibilityof the walks being otherwise than regular with regard to the boundaries on each sid^^^
numerous sinuosities, however, of the walks a t Frankfort supply the necessary motive for making the
w X s winding^and thus giving variety to th e scene. Abundance oJ setys,^open^^^^^^^
Ä S n Ä f d i T ^ ^ ^ ^ these are renfarkably fine, the. walk is so
d i r e c S a ^ d tts S ^ ^ exhibit the view till a t the most favourable situation for
seeing it to advantage. The variety of aspect which the position of the walls a t Frankfort aflords,
cerUinly adds very m uch to th e enjoyment of the gatyen, as thtye are 5 u n ^ « r walks
th e former shaded, and th e la tte r open to the sun and sh e lt^ ed from the wind. J o r f 11 these
notwithstanding th e disadvantages of the situation, this garden forms one of the greatest attrartions of
the city. ” One of the most delightful peculiarities of Frankfort, observes Mrs. Jameson,
most struck my fancy, is the public garden, planted on the site of the ramparts, a girdle " J a n d
shade—of trees and flowers circling th e whole city ; accessible to all, and on every side—th e promenade
of the rich, and the solace of the poor.”