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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



to the masonry, when seen from the approach, 

 and, indeed from all parts where the house 

 itself is visible. 



" Towers and battlements he sees 

 Bosom'd high in tufted trees," 



will apply more or less to every mansion ac- 

 cording to its magnitude and character ; and, 

 in such situations, the Lombardy poplar will 

 frequently be of essential service. 



After all, it will be remembered that re- 

 moval, in common with every measure con- 

 nected with improvement, must rest mainly 

 upon the local circumstances of the place, and, 

 consequently, will only admit of general sug- 

 gestions by which the proprietor may be 

 awakened to the subject ; so far, at least, as 

 not to destroy the character of his place by 

 substituting the baldness of the modern 

 system for the rich formality of the old 

 school. The hand of taste will cautiously 

 withdraw the veil which separates them, and, 

 by degrees, admit the surrounding scenery, 

 without destroying the shelter and partial 

 seclusion so essential to the mansion we ha\ o 

 been considering : cheerfulness, rather than 

 gaiety, should be the proposed result. 



