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perfectly compatible with each other; 

 and, hence, where they are not all at- 

 tended to, less or more, according to 

 situations and circumstances, we are ful- 

 ly justified in asserting such a place is 



MISMANAGED. 



It is true that, in some cases, these 

 properties are not alike requisite ; for 

 instance, in low sequestered situations 

 ornament is of little consequence, nor is 

 shelter of much, so far as the surrounding 

 lands are concerned ; but even there, the 



trees should shelter each other. The 



short rule, therefore, will be to consider 

 how far the above essentials are necessary 

 in any given case, and to regulate the 

 species of management accordingly. 



Suppose, for instance, a plantation, 

 upon an elevated scite : — there, we are 

 certain, shelter is necessary, in a twofold 

 point of view, both to the trees, and to 

 the adjoining grounds. And it may fre- 



