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Vistas. 



Regular 

 Curves. 



Platoons. 



they were cut through in straight lines 

 and vistas, and in the forms of stars and 

 pates d'oies which prevailed at the begin- 

 ning of the last century. 



Fashion, tired of the dull uniformity 

 of straight lines, was then driven to adopt 

 something new: yet still acting by geo- 

 metric rules, it was changed to regular 

 forms of circles and curves, in which the 

 trees were always planted at equal dis- 

 tances. This introduced also the serpen- 

 tine avenue for a road. 



The next bold effort of fashion was 

 that of departing from the equi- distant 

 spaces; and trees M^ere planted in patches 

 or clumps (called in some old maps Pla- 

 toons) : these M^ere either square or round, 

 alternately sheM'ing and hiding the view 

 on each side of the road; and where no 

 view was required, a skreen, or double 

 row of trees, entirely shut up one side, 

 while on the other the view was occasion- 

 ally admitted, but still at regular inter- 

 vals: this prevails in the drives at Wo- 

 burn. 



