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extreme, should be used with caution, jts 

 they will produce right or dark spots, unless 

 properly blended with other shades of green, 

 and balanced by tliem. The fir tribe in ge- 

 neral, has not a natural look upon islands 

 on a small scale ; but should a mixture of 

 them happen to prevail on the other banks 

 of the water, the cedar of Libanus would 

 remarkably suit the situation I hare just 

 mentioned : and that, and the pine-aster, in 

 place of the poplar, rising behind it from 

 amidst laurels, arbutus, &c. would forrrT 1 , 

 altogether, a combination of the richest 

 kind. 



All the plants which I have hitherto menti- 

 oned, are such as take root on dryland, or at 

 least above the surface of the water; but there 

 arc others which grow cither in the water 

 itself, or in ground extremely saturated with 

 moisture, and therefore must, of course, be 

 suited to the character of islands. These 

 are the various sorts of flags, the bull-rush, 

 ik& water-dock, &c. to which may be added, 

 those plants which float upon the surface of 

 the water, such as the water-lily. From the 



