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the character and extent of a mansion, — parti- 

 cularly of the manorial character, — but might 

 frequently be adopted with great propriety 

 in connection with the house of less pre- 

 tension. The kitchen-garden offers an op- 

 portunity for a straight broad walk, should 

 circumstances not admit it in the dress- 

 ground. 



There is no part of improvement in which 

 cautious operation is so necessary as in open- 

 ing scenery. A desire of extent and a love 

 of prospect have done irreparable mischief in 

 numberless instances. Injudicious planting 

 may be remedied ; but the evil resulting 

 from injudicious removal can never be re- 

 paired, at least in the lifetime of the owner 

 who has fallen into this common and de- 

 structive error. I was once consulted upon 

 the improvement of a place on a large scale. 

 The striking fault was, the want of trees on 

 the foreground connected with the house : I 

 therefore marked several places for groups 

 and single trees to supply this deficiency. 

 But what was my astonishment, when the 

 owner told me he had cut down the trees that 

 had occupied the very situations I had se- 

 lected for planting ! 



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