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so mark its varieties, especially on a small 

 scale, by planting as by sowing, — it is most 

 advisable to plant oaaly what is more im- 

 mediately necessary, and to sow seeds and 

 berries of the lower growths, quite from the 

 lowest growths of all; and to encourage 

 fern, and whatever may give richness, and 

 naturalness. In any part where I wished the 

 boughs to project considerably -over the wat er, 

 I should raise the bank higher than the rest 

 of the ground, and many times give it the 

 appearance of abruptness ; yet by means of 

 stones and roots, endeavour both to render 

 it picturesque in its actual state, and to pre- 

 vent any change from its being broken 

 down. On this high point, I should plant 

 one, or more of such trees as had already an 

 inclination to lean forward, from having 

 been forced in that direction by trees be- 

 hind them ; and some of that kind are ge- 

 nerally to be met with, even in nurseries and 

 plantations. By this method, the bank, and 

 the trees of that part of the island, would 

 have a bold effect ; and in places where the 

 water began to deepen so much, that it 



