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place through a planting of some kind of bushy- 

 growth hiding the pool, of which the best I can think 

 of would be Sea-Buckthorn, the native Bog-Myrtle, and 

 the broad-leafed American kind — all again carpeted 

 with native Heaths. This rather low-toned mass of 

 bushes of dull colour and dry texture would be a good 

 preparation for arrival at the Fern and water picture, 

 and the sound of the water, more important here than 

 in the trickling of the lower rills, would arouse a 

 feeling of interest, and an anticipation of something 

 pleasant and beautiful hidden beyond the bushy 

 screen. 



I should wish that the ground above the glen on 

 both sides should be wooded ; not with the largest 

 forest trees, such as Beeches, but mainly with Birch 

 and a good deal of Mountain Ash and Holly, Thorn 

 and Juniper ; and some of these would be allowed to 

 seed and spring up in the rocky banks, always watch^ 

 ing how they came, and retaining or removing the 

 seedlings so as best to suit the grouping of such a 

 picture as may be intended. As the dell descends it 

 should widen out until it dies away into nearly level 

 ground, and as it flattens, the trees might fall into 

 thinner groups, or be altogether absent if the ground 

 were of Heath or pasture. 



But such a little planted valley might also well 

 come down into the rougher part of the garden or 

 shrub plantation or garden-orchard. Given the dell 

 and the stream, an endless variety of simple pictures 



