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groups of trees, afforded little of that variety 

 of cliaracter, whicli, I trust, will result from 

 the large irregular masses of plantation I 

 ventured to recommend. 



But to resume. The flourish of Corporal 

 Trim's harangue will, perhaps, be conceded, 

 as merely a flourish : but I have no hesitation 

 in avowing my readiness to follow the out- 

 line of the Reviewer's favourite, throus^h his 

 wildest vagaries over the snow, in preference 

 to tracing the insipid formality of Kent or 

 Brown ; and I feel assured the result would 

 justify the preference. The papillottes, from 

 their similarity of size and shape, I conceiv-e 

 to be more allied to the circular system than 

 to the " zigzaggery," to which the Reviewer 

 has attached them. The tale of the German 

 baron is also, I think, at least as applicable 

 to the dull uniformity of circles and ovals, 

 claiming affinity with the playful elegance 

 and variety of nature, as it is to the over- 

 strained irregularity of the opposite system. 



As a visible example is sometimes more 

 convincing than any argument, a slight illus- 

 tration is here subjoined of the effect of the 

 opposite systems, both in their infancy and 

 their future maturity ; and I should have no 



