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all around, may attract the eye, and fix it so, as either to in- 

 duce it to admire some object, as a building ; or prevent it 

 from viewing something disagreeable, or less noble, in the scene. 

 Trees of a reddish tint, or evergreens, have the power of attract- 

 ing the eye in an astonishing degree : and in many places, 

 where the former have been planted at random among other 

 trees, they distract the whole scenery in the autumnal months. 



SECT. III. OF THEIR ARRANGEMENT SO AS TO UNITE BEAUTY 



WITH UTILITY. 



It is allowed by all, that beauty is most to be admired when 

 combined with utility; and nature, whose economy is ever beau- 

 tiful and instructive, in none of her works performs this with 

 greater simplicity, than in her arrangement of the common ve- 

 getables of a country. Thus if we enter a forest or woody waste, 

 which are perhaps as near or nearer nature than any other spe- 

 cies of the scenery of this country, we may by observation, com- 

 parison, and reflection, discover the indications of every valua- 

 ble practice in useful or picturesque planting. But let us first 

 see what utility dictates with regard to an arrangement where 

 that is kept chiefly in view. As every tree hath a certain soil and 

 situation (those in which it will prosper better than in any other, 

 that is, produce timber in the greatest quantity and best quality) ; 



