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Principal Forest Trees of Europe, 



the same picture, placing the plants of woods and shady 

 places in open sunshine, and committing a number of similar 

 violations of nature. The combined knowledge of indigenous 

 zoology, geology, and botany, ought to be considered as es- 

 sential to the landscape painter as it is to the cultivator. It 

 is one object of our Magazine to direct public attention to this 

 subject ; and we are happy in having procured the assistance 

 of Mr. Strutt for the tree department. Every reader, who is 

 acquainted with the admirable engravings in this gentleman's 

 Sylva Britannica and Delicice Sj/lvdr-ujn, will know what to 

 expect from so eminent an artist. 



The botanical characters of the trees, which will follow Mr. 

 Strutt's pictorial descriptions, will be given chiefly for the 

 sake of beginners in botany ; and to show to artists, self- 

 practising amateurs, as well as professional men, the detailed 

 forms of the leaves, flowers, and smaller parts. To insure the 

 accuracy of these botanical details, they will be looked over by 

 Mr. George Don, too well known as a scientific botanist to 

 require any eulogium here. — Cond. 



No. I. — The Oak. 

 It is a beautiful notion of St. Pierre's, and one which has 

 the advantage of being safe from any positive contradiction, 

 that the earth, on its first assumption of form and laws, ap- 

 peared clothed, with respect to the vegetable creation, not only 



