PART VIII. 



PICTURESQUE PLANTING. 



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CHAPTER III. 



OF THE PRINCIPLES OF OPERATING WITH TREES SO AS TO EFFECT THE 



OBJECTS IN VIEW. 



SECT. I. OF THEIR ARRANGEMENT AND DISPOSITION, SO AS 

 TO PRODUCE VARIETY OF FORM. 



The intention of the preceding Chapter was, to shew that 

 there is an inexhaustible fund of variety in trees and shrubs, 

 both with regard to beauty and use: I shall now make some 

 observations respecting their arrangement in artificial scenery. 

 And it may be premised here, that those who understand the 

 general arrangement of vegetables in nature, will easily discern 

 and follow the proper mode ; but, on the contrary, those who 

 are ignorant of these principles, although they may know every 

 tree and shrub, will wander in darkness, and produce confusion 

 and incongruity. 



All ornamental plantations may be divided into two kinds; 

 those where grandeur is the effect to be produced, and those 



