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placed, and in the rcai' it miglit lead with propriety to more tangled meander- 

 ings, -where Art need not strive very hard to conceal itself. 



230. As a means of removing the impression of flatness, which the geo- 

 metrical flower-garden is calculated to convej^ where bounded by walls, 

 Mr. Humphreys has suggested the introduction of formal groups of tall trees, 

 such as poplars or cypresses, where the cUmate is not too severe for them. 

 " I will imagine a space," he says, "only suitable to one gi'oup, which in this 

 case would, of com-se, be central. The hedges might be privet, some of the 

 new berbeiTies, or other quick-gi-owing evergieens ; some hardy tree of spiral 



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growth suited to our cUmate should take the place of the ' sky-cleaving 

 cypress ' of the Italian gardens. By this means the monotony of the geo- 

 metrical flower-garden would be broken up and tumcd by a few lofty and 

 finely -grouped objects. Other advantages would also be gained ; for instance. 



