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necessarily be fewer, and placed farther apart tlian where 

 the surface operated on is of an undulating hilly cha- 

 racter. Where a large body of wood is required, it is 

 injudicious to form the leading and secondary masses 

 into dense and almost impervious thickets, as is too 

 frequently done; it is better to arrange them into a 

 gradation of masses interspersed with lawns, glades, and 

 other openings, in addition to the rides by which they 

 may be traversed, and the ordinary roads necessary for 

 their management. Where the main masses are small, 

 a similar effect may be produced by lesser openings and 

 indentations. In both cases groups of trees and single 

 trees should be scattered through the glades and along 

 the margins of the larger bodies of wood. This is exem- 

 plified in those places in. which masses of wood are seen 

 forming pleasure-grounds round the mansion-house. We 

 do not mean that these masses of wood in the park 

 should be dissected into as many and as small divisions 

 as are often necessary iu the dressed grounds ; but there 

 are many places ia which the woods are greatly erdivened 

 by such open spaces, and by the addition of a few clumps 

 and groups of single trees, reheving yet attached to the 

 general masses. In hilly and mountainous countries 

 large masses of wood are sometimes planted, but it is 

 seldom desirable to intersect these with vdde openings or 

 lengthened glades. A better effect is produced by bays 

 and indentations, as already recommended. When the 

 woods have been formed, as above explained, into a 

 variety of leading and secondary combinations, the 

 position of the indi^ddual plantations should be such as 

 obviously to appear portions of their own systems. They 

 should vary in size as well as in. form, and should be sepa- 

 rated by open spaces of varying breadth. The projcc- 



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