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Nor are the advantages of such scien-f 

 tific management at all confined to sin- 

 gle trees, or groups, in ornamental sce- 

 nery ; for they extend equally to the 

 close plantation. If we want certain 

 species, or a number of such, to tower 

 above the rest ; or others to crouch be- 

 neath, the means are easy, and the effects 

 certain. The closeness of front, the pic- 

 turesque of summit, the shelter, and va- 

 riety of the interior, are alike at its com- 

 mand. 



In the S EI RUBBERY too, its effects are 

 powerfully apparent: as, where judici- 

 ously applied, these delightful combina- 

 tions of art and nature are always 'cerdant. 

 — ever young. In short, whether we con- 

 sider the facility with which a knowledge 

 of the principles of vegetation can create 

 —the certainty with which it C2iXi preserve 

 — the means by which it can renovate — or 

 the immense pecuniary advantages it is 

 calculated to secure ; it may tridy be 



