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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



a more varied and extensive view of the 

 park than at Cassiobury. Under these cir- 

 cumstances, I ventured to recommend a 

 sloping bank to be raised, about four feet 

 above the level of the lawn, at a short dis- 

 tance from the house, and parallel with it ; 

 and upon this bank there is a broad terrace 

 of nearly four hundred feet in length, the re- 

 taining wall of which forms a fence against 

 the deer, while the varied masses of shrubs 

 planted upon it unite it with the flat lawn 

 beneath, and the whole forms a foreground 

 to the scenery beyond. The terrace is con- 

 nected, by a flight of steps at each end, with 

 the pleasure ground. 



As improvement will mainly depend upon 

 the management of trees, including both 

 planting and removal, it may be proper to 

 offer a few hints upon their arrangement 

 under the latter head before we consider the 

 subject of general planting. 



With all my partiality for the old system, 

 I would not be understood as deprecating 

 any improvement — as recommending every 

 thing to be left as we find it. No doubt 

 many points may be yielded to modern com- 

 fort and convenience, both in the house and 



