The Beautiful in (iround 



this has been done, becomes only the skeleton of the fair 

 outside of beauty and verdure that covers the forbidding 

 original. Some of the most picturesque ravines and rocky 

 hillsides, if stripped entirely of their foliage, would appear 

 as ugly as they were before beautiful; and while this may 

 teach the improver that there is no situation that may not 

 be rendered attractive, if the soil will yield a growth of 

 trees, shrubs, and vines, it does not the less render it worth 

 our attention in choosing or improving a place, to examine 

 carefully beforehand, in what really consists the beautiful 

 in ground, and whether we should lose or gain it in our 

 proposed improvements. 



