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plantations, says, — *' Thus far we have con- 

 " sidered a clump as a single independent 

 "object — as the object of a foreground, 

 " consisting of such a confined number of 

 " trees as the eye can fairly include at once. 

 " And when trees strike our fancy, either in 

 " the wild scenes of nature, or in the im- 

 " provements of art, they will ever be found 

 " in combinations similar to these. 



" When the clump grows larger, it becomes 

 " Qualified only as a remote object, combining 

 " with vast woods, and forming a part of 

 " some extensive scene, either as a first, a 

 " second, or a third distance. 



" The great use of the larger clump is to 

 " lighten the heaviness of a continued distant 

 " wood, and connect it gently with the plain, 

 " that the transition may not be too abrupt. 

 " All we wish to find in a clump of this kind 

 " is proportion and general form. 



" With respect to proportion, the detached 

 " clump must not encroach too much on the 

 " dignity of the wood it aids, but must observe 

 " a proper subordination. A large tract of 

 " country covered with wood will admit seve- 

 " ral of these auxiliary clumps, of different 

 " dimensions. But if thewood be of smaller 



