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rigidly tLiuned out at the proper time. A greater 

 variety of kinds may be introduced into a small resi- 

 dence than into an equal space in a large park or 

 pleasure-ground ; for two trees or half a-dozen of shrubs, 

 tall and well grown, will produce in the former a mass 

 of foliage and a breadth of effect which would have 

 but an insignificant appearance in the latter. The oak, 

 elm, horse-chestnut, and plane may be admitted, but 

 only in comparatively small quantities of each, in 

 order to leave room for the ordinary hardy exotic trees 

 and shrubs, which in a small place produce a variety 

 and awaken an interest not to be derived from the 

 most skillful arrangement of the more common sorts. 

 Small groups may be formed of various kinds of trees, 

 such as oaks, majjles, ashs, planes, and pines. ' The 

 ordinary broad-leaved shrubs may afford materials for 

 the principal masses of evergreens ; but a considerable 

 variety of others may be grouped along with them. 

 The low-growing sorts, such as Xho, Rhododendron jpon- 

 ticuin and some of its congenere, should be planted 

 round the outsides of those of taller stature; and when 

 the clumps on the lawn fill up and merge into masses, 

 the united effect adds much to the varied beauty of 

 the groups. 



(5.) Watek. — A sufficient supply of water for orna- 

 mental purposes can not frequently be obtained in the 

 limited domain of a villa. Where it is to be had, and 

 the cast of ground is such as to warrant the use of 

 artificial water, a small lake will be a pleasing addi- 

 tion to one of the principal lawns. Ifs position and 

 form should be regulated by the principles laid down 

 in the chapter on water. Fountains, too, are desir- 

 able ornaments in a place of minor extent; one will 



