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are designed, they should widen gradually from 

 the house outward to the furthest extremity, to 

 have the greater advantage of prospect ; and by 

 having that part of them within the limits 

 of the pleasure-ground, bounded on each side 

 by plantations of ornamental trees and shrubs, 

 thev may be continued gradually near towards 

 each wing of the habitation, in order to be 

 sooner in the walks of the plantations, under 

 shade, shelter, and retirement. The termina- 

 tions at the further ends may be either by ha-has 

 to extend the prospect, or by a shrubbery, or 

 plantation of stately trees, arranged in sweeps 

 and concave curves. But w here they extend 

 towards any great road, or distant agreeable 

 prospect, it is more in character to have the ut- 

 most verge open, so as to admit of a grand 

 view from and to the main residence. 



The side-boundary verges should have the 



E Imitations rurally formed, airy, and elegant, 

 y being planted with different sorts of the 

 most ornamental trees and shrubs, not in one 

 continued close plantation, but in distinct sepa- 

 rated compartments and clumps, varied larger 

 or smaller, and differently formed, in a some- 

 -vhat natural imitation, being sometimes sepa- 

 rated and detached less or more, by intervening 

 breaks and open spaces of short grass, commu- 

 nicating both with the Lawns and interior di- 

 stricts; and gcnerallv varied in moderate sweeps 

 and curves, especially towards the Lawns, to 

 avoid stiff, formal appearances, both in the 

 figure of the Lawns and plantations. In plant- 

 ing the trees and shrubs, which should be both of 

 the deciduous and evergreen kinds, where intend- 

 ed to plant in distinct clumps, either introduce 

 the deciduous and evergreens alternately in sepa- 

 rate parts, or havesomeof both interspersed in as- 

 semblage; in either method placing the lower 

 growth of shrubs towards the front, and the taller 

 backwards in proportion to their several statures, 

 so as to exhibit a regular gradation of height, that 

 the different sorts may appear conspicuous from 

 the main Lawns. Thev may be continued back- 

 wards to a considerable depth, being backed 

 with trees and shrubs of more lofty growth. 

 The internal parts of the plantations may have 

 gravel or sand walks, some shady, others open ; 

 with here and there some spacious short grass 

 openings of different dimensions and forms. 



Extensive Lawns in parks or paddocks, &c. 

 have seldom any boundary plantations close to 

 u bat may he considered as a continuation of 

 them beyond the pleastire-grouud, but are some- 

 times dotted with noble trees, dispersed in various 

 parts, at great distances, so as not to obstruct 

 the view ; some placed singly, others in groups 

 by two.-, three-, fives, c<e. and some plac< d 

 irregularly, in triangle*, sweeps, straight lines, 



mm\ other different figures, to cause the create* 

 variety and effect, each group being diversified 

 with different sorts of trees, all suffered to take 

 their natural grow th. 



These kind of spaces or openings should al- 

 ways be kept perfectly neat, by being often poled, 

 rolled, and mown. See Guass-Ghound, ami 

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LAWSONTA, a genus containing plants of 

 the exotic tree kind for the stove. 



It belongs to the class and order OctOJidria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Salicar'ue. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a four- 

 cleft perianthium, small, permanent : the corolla 

 has four petals, ovate-lanceolate, flat, spreading: 

 the stamina have eight filiform filaments, length 

 of the corolla, in twin pairs between the petals: 

 anthers roundish : the pistillum is a roundish 

 germ : style simple, length of the stamens, 

 permanent : stigma headed : the pericarpium is 

 a capsule (or berry), globose with a point, four- 

 celled : the seeds many, cornered and pointed. 



The species arc : 1 . L. inermis, Smooth Law- 

 sonia; 2. L. spinosa, Prickly Lawsoni a. 



The first rises with a shrubby stalk eio-ht or 

 ten feet high : the branches come out by pairs 

 opposite; they are slender and covered with a 

 whitish yellow bark : the leaves are small, op- 

 posite, oblong, ending in acute points, pale 

 green: the flowers in loose terminating bunches, 

 gray or dirty white : the petals small, turning 

 back at the lop. It is a native of India, &c. 



The second species rises with a woodv trunk 

 eighteen feet high or more : the wood is hard 

 and close, covered with a light gray bark : the 

 branches alternate: the leaves oblong-oval : at 

 the joints where the leaves arc placed come out 

 single, strong, sharp thorns: the flowers are in 

 loose bunches from the sides of the branches, 

 pale yellow, of a disagreeable scent. It is a 

 native of the East Indies. 



Culture. — These plants may be raised by 

 sowing the seeds in pots of light mould in the 

 early spring, plunging them in the bark-bed of 

 the stove. When the plants have acquired a 

 few inches growth, they should be removed 

 into separate small pots tilled with light sandy 

 earth, replunging them in the bark-bed, and 

 giving a little water, with proper shade. They 

 afterwards may be placed BO :is to have pretty 

 free air, but be constantly kept in the stove, 



Thev afford variety among other Stove plants. 



LAY ER, the young shoot or branch of sued 

 trees as are capable of being raised !>v being laid 

 into the ground. It is the part which is placed 

 in the earth in order to Strike root. 



LAYING, the opi . i f placing layers in 



the soil. It is a method adapted to most son* 

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