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have been accounted for by telling us that 

 the sympathy was such as to cause the death 

 of the tree through grief. 



The ivy was not a favourite plant with 

 Pliny. He says it injures plants wherever it 

 adheres, that it breaks sepulchres of stone, 

 and undermines city walls ; but with all our 

 attachment to this great naturalist, we shall 

 recommend it to the shrubbery, with the cau- 

 tion, however, of not planting it so as to 

 overrun the walls of the dwelling, where it 

 will cause damp, and create litter by the nu- 

 merous insects that will seek its shelter. We 

 would rather that the shrubbery should ap- 

 pear green from the dwelling, than that the 

 house should be seen clothed in that colour 

 from the walks. There are certain styles of 

 building which admit it better than others ; 

 but we prefer even the Norman tower and 

 the Gothic arch when unadorned with this 

 climber, which breaks the harmony of the 

 parts, and gives it too much the appearance 

 pf a clipped hedge, which is particularly 

 conspicuous in the south front of Arundel 

 Castle, which stands on a bold eminence sur- 

 rounded by noble trees, and therefore is in- 

 jured in its boldness by the ivy that has been 

 added with so much care. 

 ^Ruined towers, broken archways, and un- 



