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covering. Mr. Pratt, the head gardener, did not begin to 

 prune the trees which were injured, till the rising of the sap 

 showed the extent of the injury that they had received. After 

 waiting till the middle of summer, it was found that the lau- 

 rustinus, sweet bay, Chinese privet, and various other shrubs, 

 were alive to the height of from 3 ft. to 5 ft. ; and, after the dead 

 wood was cut out, the plants soon became covered with young 

 shoots and foliage. 



The Walks are so laid out and planted as to be sheltered or 

 bordered by evergreens, for the sake of their lively appearance 

 during winter. They are also so contrived as to be shaded 

 from the sun by deciduous trees during summer ; while these 

 trees, being naked during winter, admit the sun at that season 

 to dry the ground. The walks are laid out in different direc- 

 tions, in order that, from whatever point the wind may blow, at 

 least one walk will be sheltered from it. The greater number 

 are in the direction of north and south ; because walks in that 

 direction are best exposed to the sun in the winter season, which 

 is the period of the year in which the proprietor chiefly resides 

 here. It is always desirable, in a small place, that all the walks 

 should be concealed from the windows, except that immedi- 

 ately under the eye ; and that, in walking through the grounds, 

 no path should be seen except the one walked on, and that 

 (except in the case of a straight avenue) only for a moderate 

 distance. These rules (derived from the principle of variety 

 and intricacy) have been carefully attended to by Mr. Har- 

 rison ; and hence the walk from a to b, in the plan Jig. 165. in 

 p. 656, 657-5 is concealed by raising the turf on the side next 

 the house higher than on the opposite side ; while that from c 

 to d is concealed by the bushes and trees at e, and more espe- 

 cially by a large rhododendron at ee. The walk f g h is 

 concealed from the walk i ; partly by a swell in the surface of 

 the turf on the side next i, but chiefly by the bushes which are 

 scattered along its margin. At g, there is a clump which pre- 

 vents any one on the walk i from seeing the line g f; and any 

 one on the walk g f from seeing the line i. In walking along 

 fromy to h, it is clear that the trees and shrubs on the left hand 

 will always prevent the eye from seeing the walk to any great 

 distance. All the other walks through the lawn are concealed 

 in a similar manner ; so that a person walking in the grounds 

 never sees any other walk than that which lies immediately 

 before him ; and, therefore, in looking across the lawn, he never 

 can discover the extent either of what he has seen, or of what 

 he has yet to see. To form a great number of walks of this 

 sort, and lead the spectator over them without showing him 

 more than one walk at a time, but taking care, at the same time, 

 to let him have frequent and extensive views across the lawn, 



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