ESSAY IV. 



PLANTING. 



I 



The ancient style of Gardening was not intended as an imitation 

 of nature, but professedly a production of art : the projectors suc- 

 ceeded in their design. The modern style is considered to be a 

 representation of nature; and therefore all forms which do not 

 partake of the original are rejected as unworthy to be introduced. 



The plantations are the most prominent features in rendering a 

 country residence an object of ornament and delight, and it is in this 

 department, combined with a skilful appropriation of the ground, 

 that an extensive practical knowledge is required to produce all 

 the desired effects ; for not only the judicious arrangement of the 

 plantations, but of the various trees of which they are composed, 

 demands the exercise of true taste, that the component parts 



