Clumps, or platoons, of trees

Platoons.-The next bold effort of fashion was that of departing from the equidistant spaces; and trees were planted in patches or clumps (called, in some old maps, platoons): these were either square or round, alternately shewing and hiding the view on each side of the road; and where no view was required, a screen, or double row of trees, entirely shut up one side, while, on the other, the view was occasionally admitted, but still at regular intervals: this prevails in the drives at Woburn.