Charles Eliot, landscape architect : a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good . d appearance of these woods and groves has been in-creased also by the diversity of their history since they firstsprang up in the worn-out and abandoned pastures. Where,for example, all but the largest trees have at one time beenfelled and removed, the sprout trees from the stumps nowform, with the old seedling trees, a mixed type of vegetationcommon in the rougher parts of the Fells. Where pasturinghas been resumed after cer
Charles Eliot, landscape architect : a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good . d appearance of these woods and groves has been in-creased also by the diversity of their history since they firstsprang up in the worn-out and abandoned pastures. Where,for example, all but the largest trees have at one time beenfelled and removed, the sprout trees from the stumps nowform, with the old seedling trees, a mixed type of vegetationcommon in the rougher parts of the Fells. Where pasturinghas been resumed after certain trees have got a good start,and then the animals have been again removed, a secondarygrowth of seedling trees has subsequently mingled with theprimary trees, often to the injury of the latter, but as oftenwith pleasing effect. If, on the other hand, pasturing is re-sumed and continued after well-spaced trees have been devel-oped, the open groves which result present, perhaps, the mostlovely local scenery of the reservations. The extreme rocki-ness and poverty of soil of most of the new domains makesthis preeminently park-like type of landscape XT. 37] RESTORING BEAUTY TO RUINED WOODS 731 as well as inappropriate. Intricacy, variety, and picturesque-ness of detail of rock and vegetation, combined with numer-ous and varied openings, vistas, and broad prospects, mustserve as the sources of interest and beauty throughout thelarger part of the reservations ; but where smooth grass-landsand broad-spreading trees exist, or are obtainable, they shouldcertainly be preserved or secured. Compared with the same-ness and dullness of the general scenery of the sprout-lands,the wealth of variety, character, and beauty presented bythe relatively small area of fields, pastures, and seedlingwoods is indeed remarkable, and it is to be noted that thisgreater beauty counts in the broad scenery of the reservationsas weU as close at hand. The sky-lines and what may becalled the p
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