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" flowing, and to give a decided preference to 

 " the former." * 



Upon the whole, it is, I think, obvious, that 

 the author of the Planter's Guide, having de- 

 voted much time and study to the maturing 

 of his ingenious work on the transplanting 

 of trees, has not exercised that habit of observ- 

 ation by which we learn to distinguish what is 

 really beautiful from what is merely smooth and 

 flowing, so as to give a preference to the former. 

 I conceive this is abundantly proved by the 

 discrepancy of his own observations upon the 

 subject, as above transcribed. 



To the ovals and circles I would willingly 

 apply the observation with which the Review 

 dismisses a collection of forms scarcely more 

 at variance with taste. " We are happy to 

 " say that this artificial mode of planting, 

 " the purpose of which seems to be a sort 

 " of inscribing on every plantation that it 

 " was the work of man, not of nature, is now 

 " going fast out of fashion." 



It cannot, however, be expected that the 

 author of the following observation can fully 

 appreciate the propriety and taste displayed 



* Essays on the Picturesque, vol. i. p. 342. 



