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THE PAllKS AND GARDENS OF TATIIS. 



[Chap. II. 



trailer, shrub, and tree, sheltering, sniiporting, and relieving each 

 other, so that the whole array has an indefinite charm and 

 mystery of arrangement. 



We may be pleased by the ■wide spread of purple on a heath 

 or mountain, but when we go near and examine it in detail we 

 find that its most exquisite aspect is seen in places where the 

 long Moss cushions itself beside the Ling, and the fronds of the 



HARDY BAMBOO [Famhtsn nietake) in the Pare Monceau. 



Polypody peer forth around little masses of heather. Everywhere 

 we see Nature judicious in the arrangement of her highest effects, 

 setting them in clouds of verdant leafage, so that monotony is 

 rarely produced— a state of things which it is highly desirable to 

 attain as far as possible in the garden. We cannot attempt to 

 reproduce this literally — nor would it be wise or convenient to 

 do so— but assuredly herein will be found the chief source of 

 true beauty and interest in our gardens ; and the more we keep 



