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ponderous trunks ; that the grass was kept tolerably free from weeds ; that 

 hollyhocks, peonies, roses, and other flowers of a large and imposing character, 

 were raising their heads here and there ; and that the woodbine was also 

 twining around some of the trees : then suppose a clear summer evening, the 

 water reflecting the yellow light of the sunset, and the trunks of the cedars 

 touched by its rays ; and I think we shall have conceived one of the calmest 

 and most solemn scenes that could be found in nature, or that it is in the 

 power of art to create. In the above sketch (fig. 2278.), I have endea- 

 voured to convey some idea of the subject; but the smallness of the scale, and 

 the absence of colour, are much against my portraying such a scene. 



" I would not recommend the introduction of cedars into plantations or 

 belts, as they are generally lost amidst the other trees ; and, if brought to the 

 margin of the plantation, they form too violent a contrast with what is around 

 them. They may be sparingly introduced in clumps ; but, when they are, they 

 should always take the lead : a few dwarf round-headed trees or shrubs, with 

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However, they are much better solitary ; and in the fore courts of palaces, or 

 other buildings of sufficient consequence, I would have nothing but a cedar or 

 two. It is said that the New Palace at Pimlico is to have a large area before 

 it, surrounded by a railing of mosaic gold : the broad carriage-way, the dark 

 grass, and a few cedars, are all that I would introduce in it; unless it were a 

 very few flowering shrubs, hollyhocks, or standard roses, and these not in dug 

 beds, but on the grass. There are two cedars on a small mound at Syon 

 House, which may be viewed from the Thames, and which are sure to attract 



