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rigidly thinned out at the proper time. A greater 

 variety of kinds may be introduced into a small resi- 

 dence than into an equal space in a large park or 

 pleasure-ground ; for two trees or half-a-dozen of shrubs, 

 tall and well grown, will produce in the former a mass 

 of foliage and a breadth of effect which would have 

 but an insignificant appearance in the latter. The oak, 

 elm, horse-chestnut, and plane may be admitted, but 

 only in comparatively small quantities of each, in 

 order to leave room for the ordinary hardy exotic trees 

 and shrubs, which in a small place produce a variety 

 and awaken an interest not to be derived from the 

 most skillful arrangement of the more common sorts. . 

 Small groups may be formed of various kinds of trees, 

 such as oaks, maples, ashs, planes, and pines. The 

 ordinary broad-leaved shrubs may afford materials for 

 the principal masses of evergreens ; but a considerable 

 variety of others- may be grouped along with them. 

 The low-growing sorts, such as the Rhododendron jpon- 

 tioum and some of its congeners, should be planted 

 round the outsides of those of taller stature ; and when 

 the clumps on the lawn fill up and merge into masses, 

 the united effect adds much to the varied beauty of 

 the groups. 



(5.) "Water. — A sufficient supply of water for orna- 

 mental purposes can not frequently be obtained in the 

 limited domain of a villa. "Where it is to be had, and 

 the cast of ground is such as to warrant the use of 

 artificial water, a small lake will be a pleasing addi- 

 tion to one of the principal lawns. Its position and 

 form should be regulated by the principles laid down 

 in the chapter on water. Fountains, too, are desir- 

 able ornaments in a place of minor extent ; one will 



