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wants to be hidden, as much, or more than 

 the fence it hides. Obferve the difference 

 of thofe accidental fcreens to many of the 

 old parks, where thickets of thorns and hol- 

 lies, groups, and fingle trees are continued 

 quite to the wall, or the pales ; and where, 

 till you fee the boundary, (which, however, 

 from its molTes and ivy is at leaft a very 

 picturefque object) you might fuppofe your- 

 felf near the center, not at the extremity of 

 the park. Thefe furely are the fcreens 

 which ought to be imitated by landfcape- 

 gardeners, for they accord with the reft of 

 the fcenery, and at every ftep form land- 

 scapes ; and where perfect concealment is the 

 object, they are beft calculated to produce it 

 without difcovering the intention. Still, 

 however, if the owner fays, I do not care 

 about landfcape and variety, I like unifor- 

 mity and continued fhade, he is quite in the 

 right to pleafe himfelf, though it may be dull 

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