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clad in the ever-green ivy of a Redeemer's righteous- 

 ness, woven in the loom of his obedience, and dyed in 

 his atoning blood, will shine in all the verdure of 

 youthful beauty through eternal ages — but hold, the 

 subject is too sublime for my unworthy pencil, and 

 has rivetted me too long to the enchanting spot — fare- 

 well ! ye perfections of nature's beauties. 



Both sides here would make a fine bank for natu- 

 ral oak coppice ; but so near the pleasure grounds, 

 I am of opinion it should be kept full on both 

 sides with ornamental trees. Where the bank is wet, 

 it should be drained and planted up as aforesaid ; 

 some places here that could not be altogether drained, 

 from their marshy nature, may very advantage- 

 ously be planted up with the willow, or black 

 poplar, which will grow well in wet places. Some 

 alders in this bank, which never will be profitable 

 trees, should be cut out, as also all brush-wood and 

 rubbish, before planting up the places referred to. 



The trees referred to were very large old trees, 

 from 80 to 120 feet high ; all their small branches 

 were fallen off them by decay, and their large broken 

 arms, or rather stumps, stretched several feet out from 

 the trunks, covered with green ivy over their highest 

 tops, were enchantingly beautiful. 



No. VII. 



Young Plantation. 



This young plantation does not seem to be doing 

 so well as might be expected, and nothing will, I fear, 

 bring it to be a plantation but perseverance, by keep- 



