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with the face of it, as shown in the sketch. Such a fence 

 would be peculiarly neat and trim, and yet quite country- 

 like, in any suburban or purely rural district, and it has the 



Fig. 43. Boundary Wall with Planting. 



merit of presenting no bank which could crumble or be trod- 

 den away on the side next the road, while on the inside the 

 entire fence is as inconspicuous as possible. 



Inside fences for separating one part of a place from another 

 or for protecting plantations in a park need not be nearly so 

 strong as those for the exterior boundary. Hedges in such 

 places are mostly deformities in a scene. Between the field 

 and the lawn they cut off all connection and the field might 

 as well not exist, as far as efifect is concerned. Around plan- 

 tations, too, they are scarcely a whit more in place, for they 

 give them a hard and stiff outline and prevent the branches 

 of the trees from sweeping the ground, which is a prominent 

 beauty. Trees never show to advantage unless one can 

 see distinctly where they rise out of the ground, and how 

 their branches rest upon it, or incline towards it. Hedges 

 around them coop them up in a kind of nest. If the hedges 

 be trimmed, as they must be to become at all useful, their 

 effect will be decidedly worse. When left to grow wildly 

 and irregularly, they may be somewhat less objectionable. 



Different descriptions of light iron fence, especially wrought 

 iron, will be superior to anything else for divisions in a place, 



