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artificial monotony and baldness are ex- 

 cluded, each of these styles may have its 

 merits and its beauties : but the improver 

 who was least fond of variety, and who ob- 

 jected,, to any difference of height in the 

 banks themselves, might still wish to break 

 and conceal their uniformity by means of 

 wood. Were he, however, to plant forest 

 trees alone, and at the distance they ought 

 to remain when full grown, they would for 

 many years look poor and scattered ; and 

 were he to plant a number of them toge- 

 ther, they would, if left thick as they usu- 

 ally are, be drawn up to poles, and the 

 sameness of the ground bevond them would 

 be seen between their stems. Should he 

 cut many of them down, and let the un- 

 derwood grow, still that method, though of 

 great use, will not completely answer the 

 purpose ; for the underwood of forest trees 

 would in a few years grow tall and bare ; 

 would require to be again cut down, again 

 to be guarded from animals; but thorns and 

 hollies continue thick and bushy, and, what 

 is of great consequence, always subordi- 



