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tinental neighbours in the art of making the most 
of small spaces—an art which, in its practical 
application, approaches so near to Nature, as to 
become one of the highest ofall arts. But perhaps 
it ig in the Bois de la Cambre that is found the most 
perfect form of this art. Who, amongst the 
visitors to this little wood, has not been charmed 
at the evidence which it affords of the singu- 
lar success of the attempt to blend art with 
Nature ? 
How ofter, we may ask, do we find in this 
country, Tree-planted river-side wharves? Rarely ; 
for the reason that English people have hitherto 
been too ‘practical,’ in the narrower sense of 
that word, to think of such a thing. Yet who has 
failed to admire the sylvan beauty of many a 
continental river-side town? Who has not been 
struck by the charm of the Rhine-side esplanades 
of Bonn, Kénigswinter, Coblence, Boppard, St. 
Goar, and Mayence? 
Sylvan Coblence! how delightful are the re- 
miniscences suggested to the Author, by the name 
of this beautiful Rhine-side town! There, indeed, 
is sweetest association between houses and Trees 
