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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



" one side may be continued across the sunk 

 " fence on the other ; as when the ground 

 " sinks in the field, by beginning the declivity 

 " in the garden. Trees, too, without, con- 

 " nected with those within, and seeming part 

 " of a clump, or a grove, will frequently 

 c f obliterate every trace of an interruption. 

 " By such or other means the line may be, and 

 " should be, hid or disguised ; not for the 

 " purpose of deception (when all is done we 

 " are seldom deceived), but to preserve the 

 <s continued surface entire. If, where no union 

 " is intended, a line of separation is disagree- 

 " able, it must be disgusting when it breaks 

 " the connection between the several parts of 

 " the same piece of ground. That connec- 

 " tion depends on the junction of each part 

 " to those about it, and on the relation of 

 " every part to the whole. To complete the 

 " former, such shapes should be contiguous 

 " as most readily unite ; and the actual di- 

 <£ vision between them should be anxiously 

 " concealed. If a swell descends upon a 

 " level, if a hollow sinks from it, the level 

 " is an abrupt termination, and a little rim 

 " marks it distinctly. To cover a short 

 " sweep at the foot of a swell, a small rotun- 



