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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



near Nottingham, composed of noble shafts 

 of beech : a splendid specimen of the grand 

 may be seen at Killjmoon, before mentioned, 

 where a group of sycamore of gigantic size, 

 standing on a jutting knoll, makes the fore- 

 ground of a most romantic composition, 

 formed by the junction of two brawling 

 streams, struggling together in a rude rocky 

 channel, overhung by high woody banks. 

 The catches of light playing on the agitated 

 water, contrasted with the deep sombre tone 

 of the surrounding scenery, reminds you of 

 the happiest effort of Ruysdale's pencil. 



In planting groups of trees, the number 

 should not be the same in each group ; a 

 thorn or two, occasionally introduced, gives 

 variety to the character. When the group is 

 composed of three trees, two of them, in my 

 opinion, ought to be of one kind, as three 

 distinct ones can hardly be supposed the re- 

 sult of natural combination, at which all 

 planting should aim. For this reason, I 

 should always plant two or more trees of one 

 kind on those points of plantation, which are 

 hereafter to be separated as a group. With 

 the same view of imitating the accident of 

 Nature, trees should not be set at equal dis- 



