Roads and Paths 



to be there ; and to look thus it must com- 

 pose well with the features around it and play 

 an acceptable part in the general prospect. 

 The hillock must blend and harmonize with 

 the general conformation of the ground, and 

 the plants must form agreeable masses — not 

 too large for their places, nor so small as to 

 look as though they had been dropped down 

 by accident — and must usually be supported 

 by other plantations in their vicinity. On 

 a lawn which is large enough to be crossed 

 by a road at all, there will be space for 

 other trees and shrubs besides those which 

 may immediately border the road ; and all 

 should be so arranged that the eye will be 

 convinced that, if the individuals which 

 seemingly force the road to curve had been 

 removed, the effect of the remainder and of 

 the prospect as a whole would have suffered. 

 They should seem to have stood, before the 

 road was built, in places where they were 

 needed as items in an harmonious picture ; 

 and the road should seem to have respected 

 them for this reason. Nor is it needful that 

 every deflection in the road should be ex- 

 cused in just this way. For example, the 



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