124 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



" even a turnip could be raised, they are yet 

 " sensible of and m'ateful for the kindness 

 " which they receive. In selecting the por- 

 " tions of waste land which he is about to 

 " plant, he would, therefore, extend his limits 

 " to what may be called the natural bound- 

 " aries ; carry them down to the glens on 

 " one side, sweep them around the foot of 

 " the hills on another, conduct them up the 

 " ravines on a third; giving them as much 

 " as possible the character of a natural wood, 

 " which can only be attained by keeping 

 " their boundaries out of sight, and suggest- 

 " ino; to the imagination that idea of extent 

 " which always arises when the limits of a 

 " wood are not visible. It is true, that in this 

 " manner some acres of good ground may 

 " be lost to the flocks ; but the advantages to 

 '* the woodland are a complete compensation. 

 " It is, of course, in sheltered places that the 

 " wood beo:ins to grow ; and the youncp trees. 

 '* arising freely on such more fertile spots 

 *• on the verge of the plantation, extend pro- 

 " tection to the general mass which occupies 

 '' the poorer ground. These less favoured 

 " plants linger long, while left to their own 

 " unassisted operations : annoyed at the 



