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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
arrives at the most favourable position for a first impression. 
From the windows of the mansion, at either end, the eye 
ranges over groups of flowers and shrubs ; while, on the en- 
trance front, the trees are arranged so as to heighten the 
natural expression originally existing there. On the other 
front, the broad mass of light reflected from the green turf 
at h, is balanced by the dark shadows of the picturesque 
plantations which surround the lake, and skirt the whole 
boundary. At i, a light, inconspicuous wire fence separates 
