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the next place, the situation of this spot 

 called for a large proportion of exotics 

 of various heights : those of lower growth, 

 though chiefly put in clumps, of which 

 the edgy borders have a degree of for- 

 mality, yet being subordinate, and not 

 interfering with the higher growths, or 

 with the original trees, have from the 

 opposite bank the appearance of a rich 

 underwood ; and the beauty, and compa- 

 rative variety of that garden scene from all 

 points, are strongly in favour of the me- 

 thod of planting I described in a former 

 part. It is clear to me, however, that Mr. 

 Brown did not make use of this method 

 from principle ; for in that case, he would 

 sometimes at least have tried it in less po- 

 lished scenes, by substituting thorns, hol- 

 lies, &c. in the place of shrubs. Of the 

 rich, airy, and even dressed effect of such 

 mixtures, he must have seen numberless 

 examples in forests, in parks, on the banks 

 of rivers; and from them he might have 

 drawn the most useful instruction, were it 



