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trasting itself with hay-ricks, corn stacks, and dovecots, in the garden ofsome old farm-house; which, though little remains of its former greatness,might originally have been the residence of the lord of the manor, or of sometitled person. When, however, any of these old-fashioned red-brick resi-dences are to be met with in their original state, their terraces adornedwith vases and figures; their gardens in the old geometric style, with costlyiron palisading, &c.; a few venerable cedars will generally form a highlygrand and picturesque addition to the scene. Cedars will not bear to beplanted too thickly, or too close together: they should be placed by twosand threes, in conspicuous situations, such as on small mounds, or by the sideof water, next to bridges or temples; sometimes on lawns, or rising grounds,that command extensive prospects, where they may serve as a foreground ;but they must not be made common by being seen at every turn. Too manycedars, in any situation, will always destroy their own effect: they are of suchan exclusive character, that they are more calculated to act upon a scene asfigures do in landscape composition, than to form the basis of it. A red-coated soldier or two would enliven a view, but a file of them would be any

thing but picturesque: unless, indeed, in a battle scene, where they formedthe principal feature. So it should be with the cedars: if they must be to-gether, let them form a grove; they would then have a character of gloomymagnificence, which might be a very fine addition to a residence. I shouldimagine that such a grove of full-grown cedars would be highly interestingand attractive. We will just suppose that the banks of an artificial river orlake were bounded on one side by grassy hills, planted with a few evergreensand birches, and that the other side was a gentle slope, covered with a groveof cedars; that a winding and almost natural path conducted you among their

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