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vagcd, to make the interior perfectly 

 secluded. In the due attention to the 

 training and trimming such trees by art 

 consists the difference between a garden 

 and a park or forest; and no one will, I 

 trust, contend that a public square should 

 affect to imitate tlie latter. 



The area inclosed within these lime 

 trees may be more varied; and as it will 

 consist of four distinct compartments, 

 that nearest the statue is proposed to be 

 shaded by a grove of various trees, scat- 

 tered with less regularity, while tlie otlier 

 three may be enriched with flowers and 

 shrubs each disposed in a different man- 

 ner to indulge the various tastes for regu- 

 lar or irregular gardens; yet always bear- 

 ina* in mind that tlie trees should not be 

 suffered to rise too high in the line imme- 

 diately behind the statue. 



As from the great extent of Russell 

 Square it is advisable to provide some 

 seats for shade or shelter, a Reposoir is 

 proposed in the centre, with four low 

 seats, covered with slate or canvas, to 

 f-liclter from rain, and four open seats to 



