650 OF THE PRESERVATION, &C. BOOK II. 



large ones, three years removed ; and there are very few, if any, 

 situations where this plan cannot be adopted, if proper me- 

 thods be taken to remove the trees. In Plate XXV. the im- 

 provements are chiefly effected by young trees ; the house and 

 offices in that Plate being improved before I was consulted. 



CHAPTER V. 



THE LEADING DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE AFFECTEDLY 

 GRACEFUL SYSTEM OF BROWN AND REPTON, AND THE 

 CHARACTERISTIC STYLE OF THE AUTHOR. 



1. In regard to the whole, the modern system is to render a resi- 

 dence separate from the country. The characteristic style of 

 forming, and the improvements proposed in residences already 

 formed on bad principles, tend to harmonize it. In regard to 

 the parts, modern gardening forms and places every thing 

 distinctly and alone ; this groups and connects them with each 

 other and with the whole. 



