never fail to afford pleasure. In planting near water, we must not interrupt 

 the best and most lengthened views of it, as seen from the house and the 

 principal parts of the park, or pleasure ground ; neither must we make such a 

 disposition of the elements at our command as entirely to shut out from view 

 the whole of the ends, or boundaries, of the outward prominences, or some of 

 those parts which project into the water. At the same time caution must be 

 used not only to prevent the eye from catching the various bends of the 

 outline of water from any one point of view, (which would be bad), but also 

 so as to afford variety in the grouping of the trees and shrubs: indeed, 

 the whole planting must be so effected as to leave the extent of the water 

 undetected, and even unimagined, from any one position. 



The following may be named as suitable for planting in the neighbour- 

 hood of water. Those to be employed as low growths in kept grounds, are 

 the common heath, ferns, double Ayrshire roses, sweet gale, English juniper, 

 dwarf spreading willow, Andromeda polyfolia, Ledum palustre, and other 

 sorts. The alder, kept low by occasional cutting, makes a fine fringe, and a 

 strong barrier for the margins of water when the current is liable to wash away 

 its banks. The common thorn, bramble, hedge rose, red dogwood, honey- 

 suckle, and blackthorn, afford proper marginal dress for water in all natural 

 scenery. Trees suitable for embellishing pools, lakes, or rivers, are of various 

 kinds. Those best adapted for positions nearest the water, where the ground 

 is hable to be moist, are the common alder, various kinds of willows, (including 

 the weeping and rosemary-leaved willow), Alnus cordifolia, Norway spruce, 

 deciduous cypress, and hemlock-spruce. Such plants are also quite proper 

 for the islands ; but in order that the roots may not lodge too much in water, 

 the parts of the islands to be planted should be raised irregularly, or in a 

 natural manner, with stones, roots, sods, &c, mixed with suitable soil, a few 

 feet higher than the level of the water. The five last-named kinds of trees 

 are most appropriate for beautifying water in dress ground. Amongst the 

 larger trees employed, not exactly fringing the margin, but. at a moderate 

 distance from the water, the wych elm is the most elegant, and should always 

 be planted in extensive places: its elegant massive twigs and pendent branches 

 entitle it, above all other large trees, to this distinction. Nevertheless, the 

 English elm, lime, beech, weeping birch, and larch, will be proper. I do not 

 mean to say that other trees would not be appropriate, but these are amongst 

 the best. Every kind of poplar should be excluded, except, indeed, the 



