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before plantations are made to give it the appearance 

 of a park ; and where ground is subdivided by sunk 

 fences, imaginary freedom is dearly purchased at the 

 expense of actual confinement." 



No. 2. " The baldness and nakedness round the 

 house is part of the same mistaken system, of con- 

 cealing fences to gain extent. A palace, or even an 

 elegant villa, in a grass field, appears to me incon- 

 gruous ; yet I have seldom had sufficient influence to 

 correct this common error." 



No. 3. "An approach which does not evidently 

 lead to the house, or which does not take the 

 shortest course, cannot be right. (This rule must be 

 taken with certain limitations.) The shortest road 

 across a lawn to a house will seldom be found 

 graceful, and often vulgar. A road bordered by 

 trees in the form of an avenue may be straight with- 

 out being vulgar; and grandeur, not grace or ele- 

 gance, is the expression expected to be produced." 



No. 4. "A poor man's cottage, divided into what 

 is called a pair of lodges, is a mistaken expedient to 

 mark importance in the entrance to a park." 



No. 5. " The entrance-gate should not be visible 

 from the mansion, unless it opens into a court- 

 yard." 



No. 6. " The plantation surrounding a place 

 called a Belt I have never advised ; nor have I ever 

 willingly marked a drive, or walk, completely round 

 the verge of a park, except in small villas, where a 

 dry path round a person's own field is always more 

 interesting than any other walk." 



