Artificial & Natural Scenery Proposal by Humphry Repton

'Artificial & Natural Scenery' from Humphry Repton's book, 'Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening', published by J Taylor in London, 1803. Repton writes, 'No groups [of trees] will therefore appear natural unless two or more trees are planted very near each other, whilst the perfection of a group consists in the combination of trees of different age, size, and character. The two sketches in the annexed plate exemplify this remark; the first represents a few young trees protected by cradles, and though some of them appear nearer together than others, it arises from their being seen in perspective, for I suppose them to be planted (as they usually are) at nearly equal distances.'