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In m;iny situalions, tliis walk, as seen on paper, would be considered 

 to be too near the boundary ; but in the grounds the narrow plantation 

 from 22 to 18 is of evergreens, chiefly hollies, which already partially 

 shut out all view of the boundary or the field, and which are ultimate- 

 ly intended to spread their upper branches over the walk, so as to give 

 it a character of shade and gloom, dilferent from any other in these 

 grounds. 



In general, it may be laid down as .a rule, that the boundary between 

 a lawn and the park or field beyond should not be such as to cut the 

 landscape, as it were, in two ; and another rule is, that the walks 

 should never be so near this fence, or should not be so conducted 

 when near it, as to admit of tiie spectator looking directly across. 

 Indeed, in scenery, no rule is generally more applicable than this, viz. 

 that all straiglit lines, whether fences, roads, canals, or rivers, and all 

 regular symmetrical objects, such as buildings, should be looked at 

 obliquely. Applying this rule, therefore, to the scenery between the 

 walk and the fence, from 18 to 16, we should say that either the 

 direction of the walk ought to be altered, so as to remove it further 

 from the boundary, or the boundary extended further into the field ; 

 and instead of being bordered by a hedge-like fringe of shrubs, it 

 should only be broken here and there by occasional bushes and trees, 

 connected and harmonizing in position with other trees beyo;id the 

 fence. If it were desirable to avoid altering the boundary, then wc 

 should recommend continuing the walk wjiich commences at d near 

 19, by n and o n, to p near 16. If there were nothing to see or be 

 seen beyond the boundary, then, unless the boundary fence were a 

 conservative wall, that is, a wall covered with half-hardy ornamental 

 plants, we should still prefer changing the direction of the walk, so as 

 to take away from the monotonous appearance of continually sk';xir.v 

 the boundary. In every place, however small, there ought to be so/ijn 

 part left which the visitor has not seen, and which may leave th«- 

 impression on his mind, that, however much he has been shown, he 

 has not seen everything. We make these observations with great 

 deference to Mr. Harrison, who has paid much attention to the subject 

 of Landscape Gardening, and shown much practical taste (»nd ijood 

 Bense both in that art and in architecture. 



