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This arrangement of trees bordering an extended approach 

 road, in connection with the various other groups, masses, 

 and single trees, in the adjacent lawn, will in most cases 

 have the effect of concealing the house from the spectator 

 approaching it, except, perhaps, from one or two points. 

 It has, therefore, been considered a matter worthy of con- 

 sideration, at what point or points the first view of the 

 house shall be obtained. If seen at too great a distance, 

 as in the case of a large estate, it may appear more diminu- 

 tive and of less magnitude than it should; or, if first viewed 

 in some other position, it may strike the eye of a stranger, 

 at that point, unfavorably. The best, and indeed the only 

 way to decide the matter, is to go over the whole ground 

 covered by the approach route carefully, and select a spot 

 or spots sufficiently near to give the most favorable and 

 striking view of the house itself. This, if openings are to 

 be made, can only be done in winter; but when the ground 

 is to be newly planted, it may be prosecuted at any season. 



The late Mr. Repton, who was one of the most cele- 

 brated English practical landscape gardeners, has laid 

 down in one of his works, the following rules on the sub- 

 ject, which we quote, not as applying in all cases, but to 

 show what are generally thought the principal requisites 

 of this road in the modern style. 



First. It ought to be a road to the house, and to that 

 principally. 



Secondly. If it be not naturally the nearest road pos- 

 sible, it ought artificially to be made to appear so. 



Thirdly. The artificial obstacles which make this road 

 the nearest, ought to appear natural. 



Fourthly. Where an approach quits the high road, it 

 ought not to break from it at right angles, or in such a 

 manner as to rob the entrance of importance, but rather 

 at some bend of the public road, from which a lodge or 

 gate may be more conspicuous; and where the high road 

 may appear to branch from the approach, rather than the 

 approach from the high road. 



Fifthly. After the approach enters the park, it should 



