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should not be overlooked. The oak and yew convey an idea of 

 permanency, strength, and antiquity ; the cypress and the weeping 

 willow an impression of veneration, the lime and sycamore of 

 luxuriance, the alder and the mountain ash of poverty or sterility, 

 and so on. It is well therefore that these qualities should be 

 borne in mind, so that they may be either introduced where an 

 impression in accordance with their distinctive associations is 

 necessary, or calculated to produce interest ; or, on the other 

 hand, avoided where such an association would be incongruous. 



We have endeavoured to condense in as short a space as 

 possible what we consider the most important points on this head 

 of the subject, but obviously much more could be said in order to 

 make all points clear. Space, however, will not permit of oxir 

 going more minutely into the subject, but we trust sufficient has 

 been said to convey to the reader a fairly correct idea of the 

 general principles prescribed. 



It is now necessary to advert very shortly to the distribution 

 of different varieties ornamentally, where the plantations are on a 

 more extended scale, and where the main object is the profitable 

 adorning of the landscape. Under this head it must be under- 

 stood that the principle object is utility, and that, in regard to 

 the ground plan, it has been already pretty fully gone into. 

 The chief matter now to be considered is, How to combine the 

 greatest profit with the utmost possible beauty in general effect I 

 We can conceive of no better disti-ibution of trees under these 

 circumstances, than to plant in each situation the trees which 

 are by nature best suited to it ; because, the more naturally the 

 trees are distributed, the more will they display their inherent 

 beauties, which we conceive is really true beauty. The pro- 

 miscuous mixing of many different kinds of trees, some indigenous, 

 some exotic, some evergreen, and some deciduous, without relation 

 to their suitability to the soil and situation, is in our opinion not 

 only devoid of beauty, but is, to say the least, vulgar. We do 

 not in any way find fault with a mixture of different trees all 

 likely to grow well, and produce not only good timber but show 

 variety in foliage ; nay, we distinctly say that is perfectly good 

 taste where it can be accomplished ; but that all lai'ge plantations 

 should be so mixed, simply for variety in foliage or individual 

 form alone, is preposterous. Let there be mixed plantations where 

 they are likely to be profitable, but let there also be plantations 

 of one variety, such as Scots fir, larch, oak, or even of some of 



