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groups, as underwood ; or if cattle or sheep were allowed 
to graze in the park, it would of course be impossible to 
preserve plantations of shrubs there. When ..his is the 
case, however, a portion near the house is divided from the 
park (by a wire fence or some inconspicuous barrier) for 
the pleasure-ground, where the shrubs are disposed in belts, 
groups, etc., as in the first case alluded to. 
There are two methods of grouping shrubs upon lawns 
which may separately be considered, in combination with 
beautiful and with picturesque scenery. 
In the first case, where the character of the scene, of 
the plantations of trees, etc., is that of polished beauty, the 
belts of shrubs may be arranged similar to herbaceous 
flowering plants, in arabesque beds, along the walks, as in 
Fig. 70, page 372. In this case, the shrubs alone, arranged 
with relation to their height, may occupy the beds ; or if 
preferred, shrubs and flowers may be intermingled. Those 
who have seen the shrubbery at Hyde Park , the residence 
of the late Dr. Hosack, which borders the walk leading 
from the mansion to the hot-houses, will be able to recall 
a fine example of this mode of mingling woody and 
herbaceous plants. The belts or borders occupied by the 
shrubbery and flower-garden there, are perhaps from 25 to 
35 feet in width, completely filled with a collection of 
shrubs and herbaceous plants ; the smallest of the latter 
being quite near the walk ; these succeeded by taller species 
receding from the front of the border, then follow shrubs 
of moderate size, advancing in height unti 1 the back- 
ground of the whole is a rich mass of tall shrubs and trees 
of moderate size. The effect of this belt on so large a 
scale, in high keeping, is remarkably striking and elegant. 
Where picturesque effect is the object aimed at in the 
