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we are constrained to adinit, that human distinctions, 

 and arrogance, and influence must terminate. I 

 would render such scenes luoio alluring, more fami- 

 liar and imposing, by the aid of rural embellishments. 

 The skill and taste of the architect should be exerted 

 in the construction of the requisite departments and 

 avenues ; and appropriate trees and plants should de- 

 corate its borders ; — the weeping willow, v/aving its 

 graceful drapery over the monumental marble, and 

 the sombre foliage of the Cyprus should shade it, 

 and the undying daisy should mingle its bright and 

 glowing tints with the native laurels of our forests. 

 It is there I would desire to see the taste of the florist 

 manifested in the collection and arrangement of beau- 

 tiful and fragrant flowers, that in their budding and 

 bloom and decay they should be the silent but expres- 

 sive teachers of morality, and remind us that, although, 

 like the flowers of autumn, the race of man is fading 

 from off' the earth, yet like them his root will not per- 

 ish in the ground, but will rise again in a renewed 

 existence, to shed the sweet influence of a useful life, 

 in gardens of unfading beauty ! 



