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under such circumstances, I can only state 

 the fact. I have, in one or two instances, 

 found the cedar of Lebanon flourishing under 

 nearly similar exposure. The sycamore is 

 known to resist the sea better than any other 

 deciduous tree. Among the shrubs, I have 

 seen the Phillyrea most luxuriant under such 

 exposure, and the Arbutus not far inferior. 

 The common laurel shrinks beneath the saline 

 atmosphere: the Portugal bears it better. 



It has been already observed, that there is 

 no tree which may not be advantageously 

 employed in the decoration of scenery. I 

 have ventured to condemn the larch in park 

 plantation : but, as a variety in the dress- 

 ground, it is sometimes highly ornamental, 

 especially if, from any cause, it has been di- 

 verted from its pyramidal form, or has lost its 

 leader, and so assumed the character of Pic- 

 turesque rather than that of Beauty. The 

 most splendid example of the picturesque 

 larch I have seen is growing in the pleasure 

 ground at Killymoon, in the county of Tyrone. 

 The larch may occasionally mix with good 

 effect in a group. The grandest example of 

 such a group is to be seen in the dress-ground 

 at Wilton Park, near Beaconsfield, where two 



