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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
From the inspection of plans like these, the tyro may 
learn something of the manner of arranging plantations, 
and of the general effect of the natural style in particular 
V cases and situations. But the knowledge they afford is so 
far below that obtained by an inspection of the effects in 
reality, that the latter should in all cases be preferred 
where it is practicable. In this style, unlike the ancient, 
it is almost impossible that the same plan should exactly 
suit any other situation than that for which it was intended, 
for its great excellence lies in the endless variety produced 
by its application to different sites, situations, and surfaces ; 
developing the latent capacities of one place and heighten- 
ing the charms of another. 
But the leading principles as regards the formation of 
plantations, which we have here endeavored briefly to 
elucidate, are the same in all cases. After becoming 
familiar with these, should the amateur landscape gardener 
be at a loss how to proceed, he can hardly do better, as we 
have before suggested, than to study and recur often to the 
beautiful compositions and combinations of nature, dis- 
played in her majestic groups, masses, and single trees, as 
well as open glades and deep thickets ; of which, fortu- 
nately, in most parts of our 1 country, checkered here and 
there as it is with beautiful and picturesque scenery, there 
is no dearth or scarcity. Keeping these few principles in 
his mind, he will be able to detect new beauties and trans- 
fer them to his own estate ; for nature is truly inexhaustible 
in her resources of the Beautiful. 
Classification of trees as to expression. The 
amateur who wishes to dispose his plantations in the natu- 
ral style of Landscape Gardening so as to produce graceful 
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or picturesque landscape, will be greatly aided by a study 
