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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



CHAP. III. 



DRESS GROUND. SCENERY BEYOND IT. COMPOSITION 



IN LANDSCAPE. FOREGROUND, NATURAL AND ARTI- 

 FICIAL. ■ — ■ OLD AND NEW SYSTEMS COMPARED. RE- 

 MOVAL OF TREES NEAR THE HOUSE. CHARACTER OF 



TREES, AND THEIR APPLICATION. THE FORMATION 



OF DREfeS GROUND. FLOWER BEDS. FENCE OF 



DRESS GROUND. 



Having in the two preceding chapters con- 

 sidered the situation and character of the 

 house, together with the approach to it, under 

 the first head of improvement — formation, — 

 we come now to treat of the dress ground, 

 and the scenery beyond it, in the uniting of 

 which into one harmonious whole lies the art 

 of improvement, properly so called. As this 

 discussion will unavoidably embrace both 

 formation and removal, it will be equally as 

 applicable to the old place as to the new. 



Most places, besides the features of the 

 class to which they belong, have some pecu- 

 liarities of their own, either as respects the 

 general expression of the whole, or the cir- 

 cumstances of the parts, as the ground, the 

 trees, &c. 



