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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^ -v^dll yet in many parks 

 be of sufficient dimensions to veil the stal)les and farm- 

 offices^ and to shelter the kitchen gardens when these 

 are placed in detached positions; they may also be 

 employed with good efiect 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 main combinations. 

 The minor combinations are frequently 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 neces- 

 sary 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-lilce 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 combi- 

 nations 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 locaHties 

 with a level surface, where little is seen beyond the park, 

 and where the creation of as large an amount of scenery 

 as is possible within it is an essential element in its 

 formation, the combinations of masses of plantation will 



