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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plantations, says,—(i Thus far we have con-
6£ sidered a clump as a single independent
“ object — as the object of a foreground,
“ consisting of such a confined number of
“ trees as the eye can fairly include at once.
44 And when trees strike our fancy, either in
“ the wild scenes of nature, or in the im-
“ provements of art, they will ever be found
“ in combinations similar to these.
44 When the clump grows larger, it becomes
44 qualified only as a remote object, combining
44 with vast woods, and forming a part of
44 some extensive scene, either as a first, a
44 second, or a third distance.
44 The great use of the larger clump is to
44 lighten the heaviness of a continued distant
“ wood, and connect it gently with the plain,
44 that the transition may not be too abrupt.
44 All we wish to find in a clump of this kind
44 is proportion and general form.
44 With respect to proportion, the detached
44 clump must not encroach too much on the
44 dignity of the wood it aids, but must observe
44 a proper subordination. A large tract of
44 country covered with wood will admit seve-
44 ral of these auxiliary clumps, of different
44 dimensions. But if thewood be of smaller