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so mark its varieties^ especially on a small 

 sralr, by plantiiig as by sowing, — it is most 

 advisable to plant only what is more im- 

 mediately necessary, and to sow seeds and 

 berries of the lower giowths, quite from the 

 lowest growths of all; and to encom-dge 

 fern, and whatiner may give richness, and 

 naturalness. In any part where I wished the 

 boughs to project considerably over the water, 

 I should raise the bank higher than the rest 

 of the ground, and many times give it the 

 appearance of abruptness ; yet by means of 

 stones and roots, endeavour both to render 

 jt picturesqi^e in its actutil state, and to pre- 

 vent any cliange fi'om its being broken 

 down. On this high point, I should plant 

 one, CA' more of such trees as liad already an 

 inclination to lean forward, from having 

 been forced in that direction by trees be- 

 hind tliem ; and some of that kind are ge- 

 nerall}^ to be met with, even in nurseries and 

 plantations. By this method, the bank, and 

 the trees of that part of the island, would 

 have a bold effect ; and in places where the 

 water began to dcepcji so much, that it 



