As the park is an appendage of the houfe, 

 it follows, that it fhould participate of it's 

 neatnefs and elegance. Nature, in all her 

 great walks of landfcape, obferves this accom- 

 modating rule. She feldom pafles abruptly 

 from one mode of fcenery to another j but 

 generally connects different fpecies of landfcape 

 by fome third fpecies, which participates of 

 both. A mountainous country rarely finks 

 immediately into a level one ; the fwellings and 

 heavings of the earth, grow gradually lefs. 

 Thus as the houfe is connected with the 

 country through the medium of the park j 

 the park mould partake of the neatnefs of the 

 one, and of the wildnefs of the other. 



As the park is a fcene either planted by art, 

 or, if naturally woody, artificially improved, 

 we expect a beauty, and contraft in it's clumpy 

 which we do not look for in the wild fcenes 

 of nature. We expect to fee it's lawns, and 

 their appendages, contrafled with each other, 

 in fhape, fize, and difpofition j from which 

 a variety of artificial, yet natural fcenes will 

 arife. We expect, that when trees are left 

 ftanding as individual^ they mould be the moft 

 beautiful of their kind, elegant and well- 

 balanced. We expect, that all offenfive trum- 



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