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CHAPTER IV. 



THE PAEK. 



Definition. — The Unity of the Park. — Natural Character of 

 the Ground. — Acquired Character of the Ground. — Planting 

 in the Park. — Surfaces to be Planted. — Arrangement of Woods 

 in the Park ; a Group ; a Clump ; a Mass ; carrying out the 

 Arrangement of Woods. — Grouping of Plantations in the Park. 

 Outlines of Plantations. — Belts and Circles. — Artificial Style. 

 — Avenues. 



The Park. — Under the general name of Park we 

 include all those plantations and pasture-lands sur- 

 rounding a country residence and its dressed grounds, 

 which are in the immediate possession of the proprietor, 

 and are managed by his servants, or at most are only let 

 out from year to year for grazing. In the vicinity of 

 cities or large towns, and in thickly peopled districts, the 

 park is usually enclosed by a wall or fence of sufficient 

 height to exclude ordinary intruders ; in more remote 

 districts its boundary-fences differ little from those 

 common in the country, except that they may be a little 

 higher and more carefully kept*. The park may be 



* The park, chase, and forest are remnants of the terri- 

 torial arrangements of feudal times, and are, indeed, tiifierent 

 forms of preserves for beasts of chase and other game. The 



