Gilpin, William S.: Practical hints upon landscape gardening: with some remarks on domestic architecture, as connected with scenery (London: Cadell [u.a.], 1835)

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“ same time by want of nourishment and
44 the severity of the blast, they remain, in-
44 deed, alive, but make little or no progress;
“ but when they experience shelter from
“ those which occupy a better soil, they seem
44 to profit by their example, and speedily
44 arise under their wings.
44 The improver ought to be governed by
44 the natural features of the ground, in choos-
44 ing the shape of his plantations, as well as
44 in selecting the species of ground to be
44 planted. A surface of ground undulating
“ into eminences and hollows, forms, to a
44 person who delights in such a task, perhaps,
“ the most agreeable of considerations on
“ which the mind of the improver can be
44 engaged. He must take care in this case
44 to avoid the fatal error of adopting the
44 boundaries of his plantations from the sur-
44 veyor’s plan of the estate, not from the
44 ground itself. He must recollect that the
44 former is a flat surface, conveying, after
44 the draughtsman has done his best, but a
44 very imperfect idea of the actual face of
44 the country, and can, therefore, guide him
44 but imperfectly in selecting the ground
44 proper for his purpose.