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as much in their disposition from those of 

 a regularly built city, as the trees which are 

 meant to have the character of natural 

 groups, should from those of an avenue. 

 AVherevcr symmetry and exact uniformity 

 are introduced, those objects which produce 

 a marked intricacy and variety must in ge- 

 neral be sacrificed. In an avenue, for in- 

 stance, sudden inequalities of ground, with 

 wild groups of trees and bushes, which are 

 the ornaments of forest scenery, would not 

 accord with the prevailing character. In 

 the same manner where a regular street or 

 a square are to be built, all inequalities of 

 ground, all old buildings, however pictu- 

 resque, will injure that synnnetry of the 

 whole, which must not, except on extraor- 

 dinary occasions, be sacrificed to particu- 

 lar detail. Now, in a village, all details, 

 whether of inequality of ground, of trees 

 and bushes, or of old buildings of every 

 kind, not only are in character, but serve 

 as indications, where, and in what man- 

 ner l>new buildings may be placed so as 



