PLAIfTING IN THE PLEASURE GROUNDS 99 



upon a continuous and unbroken line of verdure. The 

 effect of such arrangement is harmonious and beauti- 

 ful.— Ed. 



Planting in the Pleasure-grounds Generally. — 

 Hitherto we have been speaking of the dressed 

 grounds in immediate connection with the mansion- 

 house ; but our remarks mav, with some modification, 

 be extended to the whole pleasure-grounds. The in- 

 termixture of lawns, and of groups of shrubs and 

 trees, must be carried throughout. American and 

 other flowering shrubs may be sprinkled along the 

 edges of the lawns and openings. In some places the 

 trees may assume the character of woods, with masses 

 of evergreens in the way of underwoods; in other 

 places, the lower growths should only form occasional 

 thickenings among the taller trees. This variety of 

 scenery may be improved and enhanced by the inter- 

 est derivable from the trees themselves. Xot to repeat 

 what has been said above, about combining the natu- 

 ral families in the vicinity of the flower-garden — 

 though it is obvious that the principles there recom- 

 mended may be brought into operation in any part of 

 the pleasure-grounds — we may point to the striking 

 effect produced by certain exotic trees, when near the 

 eye of an intelligent observer. At a distance, and 

 viewed in a line perpendicular to its direction, a mass 

 of beeches may not seem to differ much from other 

 deciduous trees ; but the result is otherwise, when the 

 eye is sufiiciently close to the objects to discern their 

 kinds, or when their peculiar forms stand out in strong 

 relief. On this principle, the conspicuous, or what 

 may be called the staring trees, should be mostly of 

 the rarer species, and of the more uncommon forms 



