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remote situations, where it may be desirable 

 to remove a hedge, and yet retain the divi- 

 sion of the grounds, the least visible separating 

 line will be the best adapted to the purpose, 

 and a sunk fence may be as good as any 

 other. It will also be remembered, that I am 

 recommending a wall only where the dress 

 lawn is seen in conjunction with the pasture. 

 Before we quit this subject, it may be use- 

 ful to notice an arrangement of Mr. Brown's, 

 as destructive of cheerfulness as it is destitute 

 of taste, viz, the enclosing by a sunk fence 

 a large portion of ground beyond the dress 

 lawn (from which it is separated by the same 

 expedient), and planting both the sides, while 

 the remote front is left open to admit the 

 distant view. Within this sunk fence, but on 

 the outside of the plantation, a monotonous 

 walk leads you round the confines of this 

 cheerless patch of coarse grass, which, being 

 neither ornamented nor fed, is intended as 

 an apparent continuation of the velvet turf 

 surrounding the mansion. A stronger in- 

 stance of mistaken theory and practice in the 

 art of gardening, I think, is scarcely to be 

 met with. I trust this arrangement is im- 

 proved at Woolterton, in Norfolk, and at 



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