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obtained a full and deep-coloured leaf, and health and vigoui 

 were restored to them. In a word, the whole appeared like 

 a spot at least forty years planted. 



The actual extent of surface, to which this cursory dehne- 

 ation refers, does not exceed from forty to fifty acres ; but the 

 intricacy and variety, created solely by various dispositions of 

 wood upon an uneven surface, confer on it, to the eye, inde- 

 finite limits. In confirmation of this remark, the reader is 

 referred to the frontispiece, where he will find a view of 

 the Park here, taken in 1827, from the western side of the 

 lake ; it was soon after the planting of the steep bank or 

 head in that quarter, as is designated by the transplanting 

 machine, which is seen still remaining on the ground. The 

 spot is nearly opposite to that, from which it was viewed by 

 the Committee of the Highland Society. The whole of the 

 Park thus delineated was wooded by the machine, whether 

 in masses, or detached groups of trees, between the years 

 1816 and 1821, but chiefly in the latter, excepting only the 

 distant or bounding lines of plantations, over which a few old 

 trees are here and there seen to elevate their heads. 



This view conveys much more distinctly to the mind, than 

 any verbal description could do, the power which the art pos- 

 sesses of giving IMMEDIATE EFFECT to the sconcry of a place, 

 and even of giving it new scenery. It is an art, which will 

 be duly appreciated by those who have studied landscape ; 

 and it will appear the more striking- on a subject, which is 

 tame at best, and, in the designer's phrase, of very limited 

 " capability." What, then, would be the eflect on other sub- 

 jects, to which nature has been more bountiful, and whose 

 general character is more interesting, or more romantic ? 



It has been said, (and in ordinary cases with justice) of the 

 art of the painter, that it has a marked superiority over that 

 of the designer of real landscape. The former, it is argued, 

 can finish his pictures at pleasure ; whereas the latter must 

 depend, for the completion of his, on the slow progress of 



