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OF 



ORNAMENTAL TREES 



FLOWERING SHRUBS. 



I KNOW of no scene in nature more interesting than 

 a well-planted Shrubbery, stored with choice trees, 

 where art imitates nature, and where a judicious 

 classification and grouping have been observed, both 

 as regards the height, the form, and colour ; so that 

 all the various shades of leaf, of branch, and blos- 

 som, blend and harmonize in order and beauty. 



In the spring of the year in particular, such a 

 scene never fails to interest even the most heartless 

 and indifferent beholder; he finds his senses re- 

 freshed and gladdened by the gentle breeze, wafting 

 the sweets from so many flowers, varied alike in 

 form and fragrance : nay, his whole frame feels most 

 sensibly at the time, that there is a ' healing' in the 



