Gilpin, William S.: Practical hints upon landscape gardening: with some remarks on domestic architecture, as connected with scenery (London: Cadell [u.a.], 1835)

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LANDSCAPE GAPiDENING.

or the iron hurdle, applied indiscriminately
to the mansion of two centuries’ standing,
and to the erection of yesterday ; to the castle,
and to the cottage. There are, it must be
allowed, many degrees of finishing in the
latter ; from the common hurdle to what is
called an invisible fence; the last, the most
objectionable, upon the principle I wish to
recommend.
I cannot but think that (with the exception
of Sir Uvedale Price) the different writers
upon the improvement of scenery as con-
nected with residences have, as far as I am
acquainted with them, altogether mistaken the
question of a separating fence. They think
it essential that no visible interruption should
exist between the smooth and decorated lawn
and the scenery, of whatever description, be-
yond it. To effect this junction they have
recourse, as the happiest expedient, to a sunk
fence; yet, fearful of detection, they recom-
mend various modes of hiding this invisible
fence; in effecting which, they are likely to
to raise a far more objectionable line of sepa-
ration than the rudest fence would be.
The author of Observations on Modern
Gardening, from whom better taste might