56 Landscape Gardening 



considered larger than that which strikes upon the vision 

 at once, in all its proportions. 



Where there is an opportunity of connecting a lawn with 

 the field or park by means of a sunk fence, and keeping the 

 park closely fed down, so as always pretty nearly to resemble 

 the lawn, the place will be much enlarged in appearance. 

 Even the existence of a wire fence to separate the two, instead 

 of a sunk wall, will not very materially lessen the result sought 

 to be produced by this union of parts. But the edge of the 

 lawn and that of the outlying park ought to be about on the 

 same level, for if the earth be raised on the top of the sunk 

 wall, or on the upper edge of the slope from the bottom of the 

 wall into the park, the eye will be prevented from traveling 

 smoothly and continuously across the two surfaces, the divi- 

 sion line will be more or less harsh, and some of the actual 

 space will be concealed by the raised bank or darkened by its 

 shadow. 



To make an open glade of lawn appear still larger than it is, 

 the expedient of turfing closely around the plants and masses 

 along its margin may be adopted. It has previously been 

 stated that an object of one color, and that a green one, ac- 

 quires a striking apparent augmentation of size. And if the 

 plants that flank an open lawn are principally evergreens, 

 and their branches sweep the grass, without any soil being 

 visible, the space is thereby very much expanded in appear- 

 ance. 



What has just been said as to the effect of a single and 

 uniform color in giving breadth of effect, will apply moreover 

 to the injunction now added that all walks should, as far as is 

 practicable, be concealed from the house. This can be done 

 in great measure by using plants of very various heights, 

 whether in groups or as specimens, and, more rarely, by rais- 

 ing the grounds lightly towards the walk and then dropping 



