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eminence, may form the center of a second or third ; 

 while the boundary of the park toward the home farm, 

 or other portion of the boundary where disagreeable 

 objects are to be concealed, may afford room for a 

 fourth or fifth. The secondary combinations, though 

 inferior in extent to the primary ones, will yet, in many 

 parks, be of sufficient dimensions to vail the stables 

 and farm-offices, and to shelter the kitchen-gardens 

 when these are placed in detached positions ; they 

 may also be employed with good effect in other places, 

 such as around the entrance-gates and lodges, the 

 gamekeepers' and park-keepers' cottages, and along 

 the boundary of the park. The secondary masses are 

 also serviceable in connecting the principal ones, and 

 so making up what we have called the systems or 

 mam combinations. The minor combinations are fre- 

 quently required for the same or similar purposes, 

 especially when they are formed of groups of trees. 

 The size, number, and variety of these diversified 

 aggregations of trees, necessary for the decoration of 

 the park, will, of course, depend very much on the 

 extent of the ground and the natural character of the 

 surface. "When it is intended to give the whole what 

 is called a park-like appearance, spaces of grass land 

 of considerable length and breadth should be left open 

 between the principal masses of plantation, and also 

 between a number of the secondary ones. On the 

 other hand, when it is desired to impart to the place 

 the character of woodland scenery, the main combina- 

 tions should be enlarged and drawn more closely to- 

 gether, and the grass lands should be reduced to the 

 form of glades and openings in the woods. In local- 

 ities with a level surface, where little is seen beyond 



