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by the possessors of the appropriated ground. 
The extent of that portion of the ground—upon 
which one might thus look down—coming within 
the general designation of what we may call 
‘garden’—a word which we shall here use to 
mean either park, lawn, or garden—will be found 
to be of varying character: and the mass of green 
—whether grass, small plants, shrubs, or Trees— 
which will catch one’s eye will be distributed in 
patches of varying extent. Sometimes we shall 
be struck by the predominance of the tall masses 
of verdure indicated by the presence of clustering 
Trees; sometimes by the conspicuous absence of 
Trees, whose place has been filled by level sweeps 
of turf, and by cultivated ‘beds’ of flowers with 
intermingling shrubs. 
Looking down, however, from any point of alti- 
tude upon our English towns and cities, we shall 
be oftener struck by the absence of either Tree or 
other green life in the wide-extending network of 
private enclosures. Here, then, is the first field 
for the introduction of Trees—a delightful inno- 
vation, which will not need to interfere with the 
culture of ferns as a graceful undergrowth, and 
