Paul and Virginia . d with yellowflowers spotted with red, and the thorny torch-thistle,grew upon the dark summits of the rocks, and seemed to aim at reaching the long lianaswhich, laden with blue or scarletflowers, hung scattered over thesteepest parts of the mountain. I loved to trace the ingenuity hehad exercised in the arrangement ofthese trees. He had so disposedthem that the whole could be seenat a single glance. In the middleof the hollow he had planted shrubsof the lowest growth; behind grew the more lofty sorts;then trees of the ordinary height; and beyond and aboveall the venerable a
Paul and Virginia . d with yellowflowers spotted with red, and the thorny torch-thistle,grew upon the dark summits of the rocks, and seemed to aim at reaching the long lianaswhich, laden with blue or scarletflowers, hung scattered over thesteepest parts of the mountain. I loved to trace the ingenuity hehad exercised in the arrangement ofthese trees. He had so disposedthem that the whole could be seenat a single glance. In the middleof the hollow he had planted shrubsof the lowest growth; behind grew the more lofty sorts;then trees of the ordinary height; and beyond and aboveall the venerable and lofty groves which border the cir-cumference. Thus this extensive enclosure appeared, fromits centre, like a verdant amphitheatre decorated with fruitsand flowers, containing a variety of vegetables, some stripsof meadow-land, and fields of rice and corn. But inarranging these vegetable productions to his own tastehe wandered not too far from the designs of by her suggestions, he had thrown upon the. PAUL AND VIRGINIA. 101 elevated spots such seeds as the winds would scatterabout, and near the borders of the springs those whichfloat upon the water. Every plant thus grew in its propersoil, and every spot seemed decorated by Natures ownhand. The streams which fell from the summits of therocks formed in some parts of the valley sparkling cas-cades, and in others were spread into broad mirrors, inwhich were reflected, set in verdure, the flowering trees,the overhanging rocks, and the azure heavens. Notwithstanding the great irregularity of the ground,these plantations were, for the most part, easy of had, indeed, all given him our advice and assistancein order to accomplish this end. He had conducted onepath entirely round the valley, and various branches fromit led from the circumference to the centre. He had drawnsome advantage from the most rugged spots, and hadblended in harmonious union level walks with the inequal-ities of the soil, and trees which
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