48 PLANTING. 



Planting for park scenery within view from the pleasure-ground, 

 should have ornament for its principal motive ; the formal and in- 

 congruous avenue, the massive clump, having no kindred association 

 with the beauties of nature, are, therefore, altogether to be rejected ; 

 but where a revered relic of ancient times exists in a stately avenue, 

 such should be respected, and not be destroyed. To alter the ap- 

 pearance of an avenue will require years of growth ; and the cutting 

 away part, to alter the effect, has rarely been attended with the de- 

 sired success ; it has lost its wonted grandeur, remained a mutilated 

 avenue, and the chasms have been viewed with sad regret. The 

 disposal of trees in a park, either singly or in groups, should be 

 regulated by the views from the principal apartments of the house, 

 so as to avoid obstructing any desirable scenery. A few trees may, 

 consistently with beauty, be dispersed singly ; but where they are 

 grouped, they should present no regular form, nor be crowded into 

 masses : however they be planted, they should partake of what is 

 considered rural beauty and artless simplicity, which constitute the 

 most lovely scenes of nature. In parks or shrubberies, it is desirable 

 to plant only such trees and shrubs as are intended to remain, and 

 never with a view to thin them out afterwards ; each plant should be 

 so placed, as to show its form and to agree with the general effect. 



The method of planting adopted by the late Mr. Repton has been 

 followed with great success. Trees of considerable growth, even of 

 the height of from twenty to thirty feet, may be removed with safety 



