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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
Fairfax Hall, are the only sorts to be relied on, viz. holly, hawthorn, 
and juniper. The first and second of these should prevail near the 
house; the last, together with the others, at greater distances; and to 
which, if a portion of common broom and furze be added, though wild 
plants, they will not be considered intruders; for, though improper 
inmates of a pleasure-ground, they are quite natural, and even orna¬ 
mental, on the outskirts of a park. 
Such kinds may be either sown or planted; and, no doubt, the better 
way is to do both at the same time-—that is, to drop a few seeds at the 
root of every plant. A single spit or spadeful turned to receive small 
plants from the seed-bed, or half-a-dozen prepared seeds ¥ , will be all 
that is necessary to ensure a birth of undergrowth, wherever wanted, in 
the course of a few years. 
These plants or seeds should be distributed in very irregular patches, 
under the old trees, and sometimes extended, here and there, beyond 
the margins of the groups or woods, to give the whole a more natural 
semblance, and to unite the lowest branches of the trees with the 
ground. 
This addition to lofty woods would destroy their character as e: open 
groves a feature in park scenery which has always been much 
admired, and, when on one or both sides, and near to the mansion, 
deservedly so; but when every group or wood in the park is an open 
grove, an air of vacancy and sameness is felt in viewing them—not 
being half so interesting as if a major part of them -were judiciously 
varied and relieved by a base or fringe of underwood. 
To look into the recesses of a wood is always interesting; but if the 
eye passes quite through, an unfavourable idea is created, as well of its 
extent as of its beauty. 
Very many of our most celebrated parks are planted in this open- 
grove style, and on that very account are objected to, as already stated, 
by every one who has a taste for these things—they averring that, 
without the dignity, it is not a whit more interesting than the Dutch 
style of parallel or diverging avenues, which it superseded. 
As country residences are of various characters, the embellishments 
around them should partake in some degree of that character ; hence 
the landscape gardener’s dispositions must vary with the circumstances 
of natural features, style and character of the building, extent of 
embellishment, and the proprietor’s particular wishes. 
Under the characters of residences, I may enumerate royal, ducal, 
and episcopal palaces; colleges and public halls; old ecclesiastical 
* The seeds of holly and hawthorn require to be pitted for twelve months before they 
are sown. 
