Roads and Paths 
to be there ; and to look thus it must com- 
pose well with the features around it and play 
an acceptable part in the general prospect. 
The hillock must blend and harmonize with 
the general conformation of the ground, and 
the plants must form agreeable masses — not 
too large for their places, nor so small as to 
look as though they had been dropped down 
by accident— and must usually be supported 
by other plantations in their vicinity. On 
a lawn which is large enough to be crossed 
by a road at all, there will be space for 
other trees and shrubs besides those which 
may immediately border the road ; and all 
should be so arranged that the eye will be 
convinced that, if the individuals which 
seemingly force the road to curve had been 
removed, the effect of the remainder and of 
the prospect as a whole would have suffered. 
They should seem to have stood, before the 
road was built, in places where they were 
needed as items in an harmonious picture ; 
and the road should seem to have respected 
them for this reason. Nor is it needful that 
every deflection in the road should be ex- 
cused in just this way. For example, the 
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