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nate to the higher growths ; so that with 

 the most perfect closeness and conceal- 

 ment at bottom, there may be the greatest 

 variety and freedom of outline at top. If 

 a mixture of low bushy plants be of such 

 use in discmisins; a level surface, it is no 

 less requisite where any risings are artifi- 

 cially made in the bank; for the crude 

 manifest attempt at artificial variety, is 

 much worse than natural unaffected same- 

 ness; and, lastly, where roots and stones 

 are placed for picturesque effect, a dis- 

 guise of low, bushy, and trailing plants, is 

 still more necessary. 



But the advantage of this method of 

 planting extends much further than the 

 immediate banks ; and as the character of 

 water, (considered as part of a composi- 

 tion) is very much affected by all the 

 grounds which surround it, and with which 

 it can be combined into the same land- 

 scape, some additional remarks on the 

 planting of such grounds may not be im- 

 proper in this place : and indeed, as the 

 principal change in all places is made by 



