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ways brown or grey. The British invisible green is composed 

 of both pitch and paint ; and it is excellently adapted for coat- 

 ing wood or iron, and preserving fences from distracting the 

 eye in scenery. Where a fence cannot possibly be taken away, 

 it may often be so much hidden or broken, as not to offend the 

 eye. This may be accomplished by introducing trees or 

 shrubs, — or in small residences perhaps by party colours ; so 

 that, in some parts, the rails may appear distinct and clear, 

 succeeded by parts indistinct and hardly visible. The imagi- 

 nary extent of some small places or scenes where they are ab- 

 solutely requisite might perhaps be increased, by making a 

 proper gradation from bright to dull colours in the fences. 



SECT. III. OF THE PREPARATION OF THE SOIL PREVIOUSLY 



TO PLANTING. 



Notwithstanding all that has. been written upon this sub- 

 ject, and the many facts brought forward to prove the pro- 

 priety and ultimate economy of preparing the soil previously 

 to planting; the operations of most gentlemen shew that they 

 are doubtful on the subject, or unaware of its importance. I 

 shall not therefore add much to what has already been writ- 

 ten ; for all who reflect on the subject will allow it is unreason- 



