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ment which is required for the purpose of 

 softening rudeness, or disguising monotony, 

 cannot well be effected without a large 

 proportion of trees of a lower growth. Al- 

 though I have dwelt so much on this sub- 

 ject in a former part,* I shall have occasion 

 not only to apply what I have there said 

 to the particular points I am now discuss- 

 ing, but also still further to enlarge upon 

 it. 



In forming the banks of artificial water 

 through a flat piece of ground, those who 

 absolutely condemn Mr. Brown's regular 

 curves and slopes, might still widely differ 

 from each other as to the degree, and the 

 sort of variety that could with propriety be 

 introduced. One improver might like every 

 kind of enrichment, even in such a situa- 

 tion ; another only some variation in the 

 height of the banks : a third, again, might 

 think that any such variation of the ground 

 itself would not accord with the flatness of 

 the surrounding country; and so long as 



* Essay on the Picturesque. 



