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extreme, should be used with caution, as 

 they will produce light or dark spots, unless 

 properly blended with other shades of green, 

 and balanced by them. The fir tribe in ge- 

 neral, has not a natural look upon islands 

 on a small scale ; but should a mixture of 

 them happen to prevail on the other banks 

 of the water, the cedar of Libanus would 

 remarkably suit the situation I have just 

 mentioned : and that, and the pine-aster, in 

 place of the poplar, rising behind it from 

 amidst laurels, arbutus, &c. would form, 

 altogether, a combination of the richest 

 kind. 



All the plants which I have hitherto menti- 

 oned, are such as take root on dry knd,orat 

 least abpve the surface of thcAvater; but there 

 are others which grow either in the water 

 itself, or in ground extremely saturated with 

 moisture, and therefore must, of course, be 

 suited to the character of islands. These 

 are the various sorts of flags, the bull-rush, 

 tlie water-dock, «^c. to which may be added 

 those plants which float upon the surface of 

 the water, such as the water-lily. From tlie 



