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the two features together. Certain it is, that, when united,, 

 they contribute more than any thing elfe to what may be 

 called Scenical Expreffion, without which the picturefque 

 Beauty we treat of lofes much of its value*. 



With refpecVto the judicious arrangement of Wood, con- 

 fidered feparately, I treat it under two diftinft heads, that of 

 planting it with a view of concealing defects, and introducing 

 beauty in their place ; and for the purpofe of ornamenting 

 the opener lawns. On the former of thefe I am more diffufe, 

 becaufe it is a fubjecl: which admits of precife rules. On the 

 latter, as it is the peculiar province of Tafte, and depends 

 chiefly on the eye of the Planter, who mud neceffarily vary 

 his mode of planting as peculiar fituations vary, more could 

 not be faid with propriety : For, where the only thing need- 

 ful is to avoid formality, and to treat Nature (as Mr. Pope 

 excellently exprefTes it) 



like a modeft fair,. 



Not over drefs, nor leave her wholly bare, 

 explicit rules rather tend to miflead than to direct. I have r 

 however, from ver. 209 to ver. 250, ventured to prefcribe a 

 few material precepts which are incapable of being milappiied ; 



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