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Notes 



*' Other points which distinguish the great parts, should, in 

 general, be strongly marked ; a short turn has more spirit 

 in it than a tedious circuity ; and a line, broken by angles, has 

 a precision and firmness which in an undulated line are want- 

 ing : the angles should, indeed, be a little softened ; the rotund- 

 ity of the plant which forms them is sometimes sufficient for 

 that purpose; but if they are mellowed down too much they 

 lose all meaning. 



*' Every variety of outline, hitherto mentioned, may be traced 

 by the underwood alone ; but frequently the same effects may be 

 produced with more ease, and much more beauty, by a few 

 trees standing out from the thicket, and belonging, or seeming 

 to belong, to the wood, so as to make a part of its figure." 

 [From Observations on Modern Gardenings by Thomas Whate- 

 ley.] 



*s Course of the drive at Bulstrode. Taking the departure from 

 the house, along the valley, towards the north, it passes the 

 situation proposed for a cottage at [Plate xiii] No. i, from 

 thence ascends to the summit of the chalk cliff that overhangs 

 the dell at No. 2, and making a sharp turn at No. 3, to de- 

 scend with ease, it crosses the head of the valley, and enters 

 the rough broken ground, which is curious for the variety of 

 plants at No. 4. 



From the several points, Nos. i, 2, and 3, the view along 

 the great valley is nearly the same, but seen under various 

 circumstances of foreground: at No. 4 it crosses the approach 

 from London, and passes through an open grove. No. 5. 



The drive now sweeps round on the knoll at No. 6, along 

 a natural terrace, from which the opposite hill and the house 

 appear to great advantage. From hence, crossing the valley, 

 No. 7, among the finest trees in the park, it passes a deep ro- 

 mantic dell at No. 8, which might be enlivened by water, as 

 a drinking-pool for the deer, and then, as it will pass at No. 9, 

 near the side of the Roman camp, I think the drive ' should 

 be made on one of the banks of the Vallum ; because it is 



' This great work being in a progressive state, the reader will observe that some 

 parts of this drive are mentioned as not yet completed. 



