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RUI 



aceous perennials, and half-hardy ever- ; be separated into detached pieces; con- 



green shrubs. Seeds or division. Com- 

 mon soil. 



RUBUS. [Bramble.] Seventy-three 

 species, and some varieties. Hardy de- 

 ciduous trailers and shrubs, and a few 

 green-house and stove evergreens, as 

 well as herbaceous perennials. Rubus 

 IdcEus is the Raspberry. Suckers or cut- 

 tings. Rich loam. 



RUDBECKIA. Thirteen species, 

 chiefly hardy herbaceous perennials. 

 R. amplesifolia is a hardy annual. R. 

 radula, a biennial. Division, seeds, 

 and common soil. R. napifolia is a 

 green-house perennial, succeeding best 

 in peat and loam. 



RUDOLPHIA. Two species. Stove 

 evergreen climbers. Suckers. Light 

 turfy loam. 



RUE, or HERB GRACE. Rata 

 graveolens. Thrives best in a poor 

 clayey loam, mixed with calcareous 

 rubbish, in an open situation. It is 

 propagated by slips and cuttings, as well 

 as from seeds ; the first two modes be- 

 ing usually practised as being the most 

 easy. It may be planted or sown at any 

 time during the spring. The seed in 

 drills six inches apart, and one deep. 

 The seedlings are not long in making 

 their appearance, and only require to 

 be thinned to a similar distance in the 

 rows, and kept free of weeds. The 

 rooted slips, or cuttings, maj' be planted 

 on a poor, shady border, and watered 

 occasionally until taken root. 



In the autumn, the plants may be 

 removed to their final compartment. 



tiguity is not necessary nor even the 

 appearance of it, if the relation be pre- 

 served, but straggling ruins have a bad 

 effect, when the several parts are equal- 

 ly considerable. 



There should be one large mass, to 

 raise an idea of greatness, to attract the 

 others about it, and to be a common 

 centre of union to all ; the smaller pieces 

 then mark the original dimensions of 

 one extensive structure ; and no longer 

 appear to be the remains of several little 

 buildings. 



All remains excite an inquiry into 

 the former state of the edifice, and fix 

 the mind in a contemplation on the use 

 it was applied to ; besides the characters 

 expressed by their style and position, 

 they suggest ideas which would not 

 arise from the buildings, if entire. 



The purposes of many have ceased ; 

 an abbey, or a castle, if complete, can 

 now be no more than a dwelling ; the 

 memory of the times, and of the man- 

 ners to which they were adapted, is 

 preserved only in history and in ruins ; 

 and certain sensations of regret, of ve- 

 neration, or compassion, attend the re- 

 collection ; nor are these confined to 

 the remains of buildings which are now 

 in disuse ; those ofan old mansion raise 

 reflections on the domestic comforts 

 once enjoyed, and the ancient hospital- 

 ity which reigned there. Whatever 

 building we see in decay, we naturally 

 contrast its present to its former state, 

 and delight to ruminate on the compari- 

 son. It is true that such effects pro- 



During their after-growth, they must be I perly belong to real ruins ; but they are 



kept pruned in a shrubby form, and 

 never be allowed to produce seed. 

 The decayed branches, &c., may be 

 removed in the spring and autumn, and 

 the surface of the bed stirred. 



RUIN'S, are a class of buildings 

 beautiful as objects, expressive as cha- 

 racters, and peculiarly calculated to 

 connect with their appendages into ele- 

 gant groups : they may be accommo- 

 dated with ease to irregularity of ground, 

 and their disorder is improved by it; 



produced in a certain degree by those 

 which are fictitious ; the impressions are 

 not so strong, but they are exactly sim- 

 ilar; and the representation, though it 

 does not jiresent facts to the memory, 

 yet suggests subjects to the imagination ; 

 but in order to affect the fancy, the sup- 

 posed original design should be clear, 

 the use obvious, and the form easy to 

 trace ; no fragments should be hazarded 

 without a precise meaninjj, and an evi- 

 dent connexion ; none should be per- 



they may be intimately blended with I plexed in their construction or uncertain 

 trees and with thickets, and the inter- I as to their application. Conjectures 

 ruption is an advantage; for imperfec- ! about the form, raise doubts about the 

 tion and obscurity are their properties ; ! existence of the ancient structure ; the 

 and to carry the imagination to some- ! mind must not be allowed to hesitate ; 

 thing greater than is seen, their effect. I it must be hurried away from examining 

 They may for any of these purposes [ into the reality by the exactness and 



