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CHAPTER XX. 



HINTS FOR GIVING QUICK EFFECT TO WOOD, IN 

 THE PLEASURE GROUNDS OF GENTLEMEN'S SEATS 

 AND VILLAS. 



It is unnecessary to say any thing on the desira- 

 bleness of having wood around villas and country 

 residences. Every one allows, that without trees, 

 a gentleman's seat, whether on a large or small scale, 

 is destitute of the principal charm of rural beauty, 

 and can never have a pleasant effect, however well 

 in other respects the ground may be laid out, or 

 however elegant or picturesque the architecture of 

 the dwelling and its appendages may be. By all 

 persons of taste, from the extensive landholder, who 

 proposes erecting a splendid mansion on his wide 

 domain, to the independent but less opulent citizen, 

 who wishes to build a snug rural retreat on a few 

 acres of ground, the raising of trees expeditious- 

 ly, when they happen to be wanting, will always be 



