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rounded by a painted rail, a quick hedge, 

 or even a ftone wall, inftead of that tem- 

 porary fence which is always an object of 

 neceflity, and not of choice. 



If a large expanfe of lawn happens un- 

 fortunately to have no fingle trees or groups 

 to diverfify its furface, it is fometimes ne- 

 ceflary to plant them; and if the fize 

 and quantity of thefe clumps or mafles 

 bear proportion to the extent of lawn, or 

 ftiape of the ground, they are furely lefs 

 offenfive than a multitude of ftarving fingle 

 trees, furrounded by heavy cradle fences, 

 which are often dotted over the whole 

 furface of a park. I will grant, that where 

 a few old trees can be preferved of former 

 hedge-rows, the clump is feldom neceflary, 

 except in a flat country where the furface 

 of the lawn may be varied by thick mafles, 

 whofe effect cannot be produced by fingle 

 trees. The clump therefore is never to 



be 



