ON WATER. 161 



" irregularity they require: and with respect 

 " to plantations, we must always recollect, 

 " that no young trees can be planted without 

 " fences, and every fence near the water is 

 " doubled by reflection ; consequently, all 

 " rules for creating bushes to enrich the 

 " banks are nugatory, except where cattle 

 " are excluded." * 



Now, what are the difficulties that so alarm 

 Mr. Repton, as to deter him from the imita- 

 tion of that which, in the same page, he allows 

 to be beautiful? " There is a part of the river 

 " Theme, above the house, where both its 

 " banks are richly clothed with alders ; and 

 " every person of discernment must admire 

 " the beauty of this scene." 



However difficult it may be to imbue the 

 mind of the workman wdth the principles of 

 taste, the professor, possessing those prin- 

 ciples, is surely able to direct the hand of the 

 labourer in every practicable improvement. 



Whether in creating the varied forms of 

 the banks themselves, or in clothing them 

 when formed, the operation, as far as the 



* Observations on the Theory and Practice of Land- 

 scape Gardening, p. 119. 



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