PLANTING* 



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" former is a flat surface, conveying, after the 

 " draughtsman has done his best, but a very 

 " imperfect idea of the actual face of the 

 " country, and can, therefore, guide him but 

 " imperfectly in selecting the ground proper 

 " for his purpose. And again, the man of 

 " taste will be equally desirous that the boun- 

 " daries of his plantations should follow 

 " the lines designed by nature, which are 

 " always easy and undulating, or bold, pro- 

 " min en t, and elevated, but never either stiff 

 " or formal. In this manner the future woods 

 " will advance and recede from the eye ac- 

 " cording to, and along with, the sweep of 

 " the hills and banks which support them, 

 " thus occupying precisely the place in the 

 " landscape where Nature's own hand would 

 " have planted them. The projector will 

 " rejoice the more in this allocation, that in 

 " many instances it will enable him to con- 

 " ceal the boundaries of his plantations ; an 

 " object which, in point of taste, is almost 

 " always desirable." 



In forming plantations, either of larger or 

 smaller dimensions, I should strongly recom- 

 mend, in agreement with the above quotation, 

 a varied form in stead of the lengthened straight 



