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people to pass over such, a few planks could be painted green 

 and laid across here and there, and they would soon be par- 

 tially concealed by the thorns. The very great economy and 

 simplicity in the formation of this and the former fence must 

 be considerably in their favour. 



Many sorts of ornamental or concealed fences may be made; 

 walls may be partially covered with shrubs, creepers, and trees, 

 as at Croome; hedges or palings by different sorts of these, as 

 is beautifully exemplified at Monrith and White Knights; and 

 sunk fences, having the wall ivied, as at Bellvue; and the ex- 

 cavation covered with thorns or shrubs, either wholly or parti- 

 ally, as in fig. 6., Plate XVIII. In many cases, artificial din- 

 gles may be advantageously used in place of a fence, and thus 

 an excellent shady walk would be obtained at the same time. 

 Many others might be mentioned. In altering or improving 

 residences, the great art will generally consist in disguising or 

 improving such as are already there ; which, applied to every 

 thing else, is in general a much better practice, than first to 

 destroy or erase, and then create anew, what would have been 

 proper originally. 



