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Book: Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, 1803
Chapter: Chapter I. Introduction

Uses of Wentworth Plantation

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Among the future uses of the hill plantation, it may be mentioned, that the shape which the ground most naturally seems to direct, for the outline of this wood, is such as will, hereafter, give opportunity to form the most interesting walk that imagination can suggest; because, from a large crescent of wood, on a knoll, the views must be continually varying; while, by a judicious management of the small openings, and the proper direction of the walks, the scenery in the park will be shewn under different circumstances of foreground, with increased beauty.