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rest, and varying their distances. In a large group or mass, two or more of 

 such principals would be necessary. (See figure below.) In no case should a 

 group be formed by trees placed at equal distances. Fig. 37 represents ground 

 plans of a mass and 



group, with their Figure 37. 



original outline, and 

 the dots inside 

 shew the position 

 of the adopted 

 plants as they are 

 to remain when 

 thinned and regu- 

 lated, and the fence 

 removed. A bush 



or two of thorns, hollies, blackthorns, whin, or maples, added to the principals 

 (as I have termed them) of some of the groups, would provide variety, and 

 assist much in giving that solidity to the association we wish to secure. 

 Occasional bushes would also be quite appropriate, if connected occasionally 

 with straggling trees. In the placing of groups and masses, their position 

 should always appear to range lengthways with the carriage road or walks, 

 or their relative plantings, (as shewn in the Park Plan), as it would be quite 

 discordant to start with the ends at right angles from them. By a judicious 

 arrangement of trees and bushes, we attain the full effect of light and shade, 

 as well as elegance and picturesque beauty ; whilst in the proper assemblage 

 of trees, free, bold, and varied breadths in the glades are produced, and as a 

 whole, a combination of extent, importance, and grandeur, is effected. 



It is unanimously allowed that a Park is an important and striking 

 appendage to a residence. I cannot, therefore, leave this subject without 

 again impressing upon my readers the importance of its composition. The 

 pasture should be freed from coarse tufts of grass, and everything which tends 

 to the appearance even of disorder. There must be no slovenly fences, no 

 dead or broken branches left upon the trees to disfigure them. All tumble- 

 down trees must be discarded, and roads and walks must be kept orderly and 

 in their original form. Of course I do not refer to specimens of venerable 

 declining trees ; neither do I mean that a stunted tree, when it has lost its 



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