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 . iET. 37] THE REMOVAL OF THE SPROUT-GROWTH 725 situations. The occasional broad views obtained from clear-ings made just previous to the acquisition of the reserva-tions, or from areas from which fire-killed old sprout has beenrecently removed, are often fine, but they are generally onlytemporary, — the groi^i;h of the young sprout will obliteratemost of these prospects in a very few years, together withmany now pleasing glimps
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 . iET. 37] THE REMOVAL OF THE SPROUT-GROWTH 725 situations. The occasional broad views obtained from clear-ings made just previous to the acquisition of the reserva-tions, or from areas from which fire-killed old sprout has beenrecently removed, are often fine, but they are generally onlytemporary, — the groi^i;h of the young sprout will obliteratemost of these prospects in a very few years, together withmany now pleasing glimpses of the ponds in the Fells, of thedistant sea, or of the Great Blue Hill seen through somechance valley or ravine. The growth of the young sproutin other recent clearings will also once more shut out fromview such bold hill-forms and foreground rock-masses as aretemporarily visible and enjoyable just at present. Many ofthese chance and fleeting openings in the too continuous andtoo monotonous woods of high sprout ought certainly to bemade more permanent, if only to illustrate how the removalof sprout-growth from large surfaces, and particularly fromamong the
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