On the Cedar in Scenery. 



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The finest I have seen are at Blenheim ; but even there 

 they are not much contrasted with the architecture, but are 

 spread generally throughout the whole of the gardens ; and 

 they appeared to me in a great measure lost from being so 

 mixed up with other trees and shrubs ; however, they serve to 

 maintain the character of grandeur which belongs to this 

 place. On the banks of the great lake, where the present 

 Duke, since he left White Knights, has formed his new flower- 

 garden, extending from the house to the cascade, there are 

 some very fine cedars, and it is curious how well they accord 

 with the simplicity of flower and garden scenery ; but this 

 may be accounted for by their being supported by other large 

 trees — from the extensiveness of the gardens, and from 

 every thing around being on so grand a scale. For there are 

 some garden scenes in which they would be found not only 

 misplaced, but out of character and injurious ; as in the 

 grounds of a small modern villa, such as are to be found five 

 or ten miles from town ; there they would be quite at variance 

 with our ideas and associations, as to what should attach to 

 such a place. The accompanying sketch (j%. 17.) though it 



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forms a tolerable picture, will, I trust, illustrate what I have 

 been stating. The villa is rendered insignificant by the 

 stately presence of the cedars ; and the cedars seem to have 



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