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A TOUR ROUND MT GARDEN. 



the grass has disjointed the marble of the basin; the walks 

 you had traced, covered with gravel, and rolled so many, 

 many times, are now hidden by a thick coat of grass ; whilst 

 the grass plats, which you kept so smooth, so free from 

 foreign weeds, these grass plats are invaded by the wild tre- 

 foil, moss, and all sorts of plants and mushrooms. 



Everything is changed, everything is destroyed, the exiles 

 have returned, the slaves have broken their chains, the 

 usurpers and tyrants are destroyed, your garden is more wild 

 than the most neglected field. There is a terrible reaction 

 against man : the indigenous plants are in the effervescence of 

 triumph, they give themselves up to saturnalia^ to the orgies 

 of vegetation and liberty. 



