262 



THE planter's GUIDE. 



Let it be observed, moreover, that there is included in 

 the same estimate the planting of a considerable island 

 in the lake, and four different promontories of some ex- 

 tent, besides the woody accompaniments of the bridge 

 seen in the second distance, and sundry other groups and 

 open dispositions of trees in the park, which were viewed 

 by the Committee of the Highland Society, and cover a 

 large surface ; but they could not all be given in this 

 landscape. In these circumstances, probably £58, 10s., 

 laid out annually for six years, will not be considered, by 

 any one conversant with wood, as an extravagant, but 

 rather as a very moderate sum, to dedicate to the speedy 

 accomplishment of the objects which it has been thus 

 attempted to delineate. 



It is true, it may be said that this is a vague state- 

 ment, consisting only of a general view of expenditure, 

 without the detail of particular items, and therefore 

 without the grounds of conclusive proof. For this reason 

 it will be proper to select one or two recent instances for 

 the purpose, in which certain work has been done at some 

 certain and specific price. 



Of all the ways in which the art of transplanting can 

 display its power, there is no one more conspicuous than 

 when it is employed to relieve or decorate ornamental 

 buildings, or to mask such as are obtrusive or unsightly, 

 and for that reason require concealment. If a new 

 approach, for example, be made to a place, and a new 

 entrance gate and lodge be executed in a situation where 

 no wood exists, there is nothing more common than to 

 see such erections, handsome perhaps in themselves, 



" standing in blank and desolated state " 



for fifteen or twenty years, and exhibiting to the traveller 



