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tive soils, and in their wild state, twist them- 

 selves round trees or bushes, mixing their 

 foliage with that of their supporters, enrich- 

 ing their summits, or hanging in festoons 

 from their branches ; nor can any thing be 

 more beautiful than such a union. But of 

 the exotic kinds, few among those that en- 

 dure the open air, will bear the drip of 

 trees so as to nourish amidst their boughs : 

 they therefore are generally seen nailed a- 

 gainst a flat wall, or supported by a pole ; 

 neither of winch are very favourable to their 

 effect. As almost all of them require a free 

 circulation of air, many of them warmth 

 and shelter, the best situation, in regard 

 both to their health and effect, seems to be 

 a projection from a building. Porticos of 

 regular architecture, are too costly to be 

 made supporters of climbing plants, how- 

 ever, beautiful their union might be ; and 

 the same thing may in general be said of 

 temple* and ornamental buildings, in gar- 

 dens and pleasure grounds, Other build- 

 ings might be made expressly for that 

 purpose ; but it would be difficult to 



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