io8 Hints on Landscape Gardening 



simply in forester's style ; that is, at stated pe- 

 riods they are thinned out according to the na- 

 ture of the wood ; with birches, sixty to eighty 

 (because birches in shade when cut down recover 

 with difficulty) ; with other kinds, about one 

 hundred larger trees can be left standing on an 

 acre. The only alteration which I permit myself 

 is that the larger trees are left standing, not all 

 singly, but partly in groups, which is more in 

 accordance with landscape, if not with forester's, 

 principles, with us, of course, the first considera- 

 tion. 



All that I have laid down here applies especi- 

 ally to landscape on a large scale — to the park. 

 In the "pleasure-ground" and the gardens one 

 is justified, by the smaller scale and the far larger 

 choice of plants (especially the number of shrubs 

 which serve the purpose), in a looser application 

 of these rules, for only so much thinning out is 

 necessary as concerns the health of the plants, 

 or at times the improvement of their shape. 



On the maintenance of meadows I have al- 

 ready enlarged, and so no further remarks are 

 necessary except that every year they must be 

 rolled at least once and if possible twice ; that 

 moles must be diligently caught; that in spring 

 and autumn these meadows must be watered ; 

 and that every three or four years they must be 

 manured if they are to be always fresh and thick- 

 set. Rivers and lakes require occasional repairs 

 when damaged by accidents, but no maintenance. 

 The more the water gnaws at the shores, and 



