180 THE MANAGE M E N T 



gloomy fir ; and the mining dark greer? 

 of the holly will make the fine green of 

 the larch frill more cheerful. 



IF woods, hedges, and fields were ma- 

 naged as they ought to be, the whole 

 country would be a delightful garden- 

 The expence would be trifling confidering 

 the advantage,, for they would grow much 

 better -, and as all gentlemen that are fond 

 of rerJ rural fcenes (and I believe moftare) 

 mould have the grounds in their own oc- 

 cupation in fuch order, that every wood 

 fhould be a grove (inftead of a heap of 

 rubblfh over-grown with thorns and bri- 

 ars) ; every grafs-field a lawn, only de- 

 tached by a clean fallow, or a- good crop 

 of grain, to diverfify the fcene. And 

 there might be fome art made ufe of, by 

 decorations of evergreen, and detached- 

 trees and mrubs at proper places-, to add 

 beauty to the whole. 



EVEN in plantations that arc converted 

 under-wood, where all ought to be 



a thicker, 



