154 ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS. [Jan. 



compofmg the top muft be numerous, and occu- 

 py a greater proportion of the height of the plant, 

 than thofe in thick plantations. 



PRUNING DETACHED TREES IN THE PARK. 



The relation of detached orjiamental trees in 

 the park or the lawn, to hedge-row trees, is very 

 intimate ; only the variety of figures which trees 

 may be allowed to affume in the former fituation, 

 is much greater than can be admitted in the latter. 

 In the park, or the lawn, however, we may have a 

 Lime tree forming a hill of leaves in fummer ; and 

 adjoining, perhaps, a {lately Am, or a noble Oak 

 or Beech, lifting its lofty top high into the heavens. 



The methods of pruning thefe maft vary ac- 

 cording to their ultimate deftination. 



PRUNING GROUPS OF TREES, 



The pruning of groups muft be regulated by 

 the effecl intended to be produced ; each kind of 

 tree fhould exprefs its character, yet fo tempered 

 by its neighbour, that they may appear like a 

 whole. Where there is no mixture of kinds, the 

 management is lefs difficult. 



FOREST 



