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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



esque trees give new spirit to groups of merely beautiful 

 ones, and the latter sometimes heighten by contrast the value 

 of the former. All of which, however, does not prevent the 

 predominance of the leading features of either style suffi- 

 ciently strong to mark it as such ; while occasionally some- 

 thing of zest or elegance may be borrowed from the opposite 

 character, to suit the wishes, or gratify the taste of the pro- 

 prietor. 



[Fig. 5. Plan of a common Farm, before any impmvements. ) 



To illustrate partially our ideas on the arrangement of 

 plantations, we place before the reader the two accompany- 

 ing examples. The first, (fig. 5,) represents a portion, say 



