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wood-work ; sometimes with the neatness, 

 and the fresh colours of' new work. Some- 

 times too the more light and delicate leaves 

 and brilliant flowers would appear alone ; 

 at other times mixed and twined with large 

 broad leaves : either jagged and deeply 

 indented, such as the vine; or entire, as those 

 of the aristolochia. 



Although I have particularly dwelt upon 

 the beauty of climbing pkrhts, I do not 

 mean that no others outfit to be made use 

 of in such situations as I have described. 

 Where there are brick houses in villages, wft 

 sometimes see fruit-trees against them, 

 while honeysuckles or jasmines are trained 

 over the porch or the trellis before the door. 

 This mixture of utility with ornament, of 

 boughs which are nailed close to the wall* 

 with those which hang loosely over a pro* 

 jection, forms a pleasing Variety ; indeed, 

 fruit-trees, which in every situation give the 

 chearfullest ideas, are peculiarly adapted to 

 villages ; for as they exhibit both in spring 

 and autumn a striking image of fertility, 

 they are the properest, and indeed the most 



