The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 127
, and other flowers of a large andimposing character, were raising their heads here and there,and that the woodbine was also twining around some of thestems; then suppose a clear summer evening, the waterreflecting the yellow light of the sunset, and the stems of thecedars touched by its rays, and… … convey some idea of the subject, but the smallness of the scale,and the absence of colour, are much against my pourtrayingsuch a scene. I would not recommend the introduction of cedars intoplantations, or belts, as they are generally lost amidst theother foliage; and if brought to the edge, form…