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artistically concealed. Apart from this enclosure, 

 which is necessary for protection, it is obvious that 

 every interesting feature of the distant landscape 

 should be included in the park, all outer rays con- 

 centrating into this focus. Distant views of great 

 extent lying way beyond the actual grounds give an 

 appearance of measureless extent. When such op- 

 portunities are skilfully utilized they greatly surpass 

 the reality. They must, however, be so managed 

 that one should never become aware of the intervening 

 park boundaries. Moreover such special features 

 should never be seen twice in the same way. For in- 

 stance : many partial glimpses may be given of a dis- 

 tant hill, but only once should the hill be revealed in its 

 entirety. The same applies to the town or city. Such 

 effective planning, affording glimpses which tempt 

 one's imagination and excite the pleasure of anticipa- 

 tion, and compositions in which each part is interde- 

 pendent, are far more difficult to achieve than full 

 revelations. When people stumble on a remarkably 

 beautiful view and, after lingering long, remark, 

 ' What a pity that great tree stands in the foreground, 

 how much more grand the view would be if it were ab- 

 sent ' they would be much astonished if one did them 

 the service to hew away the condemned tree. They 

 would have a stretch of country before them, but no 

 more picture for a garden in the great style is really 

 a picture gallery and pictures demand a frame." x 

 The appearance of a fence made of picturesque- 



1 Prince Piickler, Hints on Landscape Gardening. 



