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prised and delighted with the master of an art, which seemed 

 more powerful and persuasive than the strains of Orpheus, 

 in drawing after it, along their streets, both grove and under- 

 wood of such majestic size : 



Threicio blandius Orpheo 

 Auditam moderari arboribus fidem. 



On arriving at the place of their new destination, where 

 the ground had been prepared at great expense, and forced 

 up to the depth of three feet or more, the trees and bushes 

 were carefully planted. Numerous ropes, fastened pretty 

 high from the ground, and extending from the stems to the 

 distance of from twelve to four-and-twenty feet out, in the 

 fashion of a w^ell-pitched bell-tent, pinned them to the spot 

 with immovable firmness, so that injury fron wind seemed 

 altogether impossible. In this way, as may be easily con- 

 ceived, little or no loss of plants could be sustained by the 

 operation : — The depth and richness of the soil ; the sheltered 

 site of the garden, almost as low as the level of the sea ; the 

 steadfastness of the plants, in consequence of their fasten- 

 ings ; added to careful waterings daily repeated, almost pre- 

 cluded contingency. 



As to the expense attending the process, it were needless 

 as well as invidious, minutely to investigate it ; as it could be 

 no object, in a Royal Institution, when compared with the 

 successful preservation of plants of such uncommon value. 

 A list of some of the most remarkable, wdth their several 

 dimensions, will be found in the notes, and may interest the 

 botanical reader.* 



For this achievement in horticultural transplanting, the 

 most splendid probably ever known in Britain, the learned 

 professor is entitled to the highest praise. It shows what may 



* Note XVI. 



