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ponderous trunks; that the grass was kept tolerably free from weeds; thathollyhocks, peonies, roses, and other flowers of a large and imposing character,were raising their heads here and there; and that the woodbine was alsotwining around some of the trees: then suppose a clear summer evening, thewater reflecting the yellow light of the sunset, and the trunks of the cedarstouched by its rays; and I think we shall have conceived one of the calmestand most solemn scenes that could be found in nature, or that it is in thepower of art to create. In the above sketch (fig- 2278.), I have endea-voured to convey some idea of the subject; but the smallness of the scale, andthe absence of colour, are much against my portraying such a scene.

“ I would not recommend the introduction of cedars into plantations orbelts, as they are generally lost amidst the other trees; and, if brought to themargin of the plantation, they form too violent a contrast with what is aroundthem. They may be sparingly introduced in clumps; but, when they are, theyshould always take the lead : a few dwarf round-headed trees or shrubs, withthe poplar or cypress, are the best forms to group with them. (Seey%. 2279.)

However, they are much better solitary ; and in the fore courts of palaces, orother buildings of sufficient consequence, I would have nothing but a cedar ortwo. It is said that the New Palace at Pimlico is to have a large area beforeit, surrounded by a railing of mosaic gold : the broad carriage-way, the darkgrass, and a few cedars, are all that I would introduce in it; unless it were avery few flowering shrubs, hollyhocks, or standard roses, and these not in dugbeds, but on the grass. There are two cedars on a small mound at SyonHouse, which may be viewed from the Thames, and which are sure to attract