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graceful, the horizontal or pendent masses of the round-headed trees; and 
the stems of the poplars, being clear of branches to a greater height than the 
other trees, form an agreeable variety in the lower part of the group. (Gard. 
Mazg., vol. i. p. 19.) 
The admirable effect of the Lombardy poplar, when planted so as to contrast 
advantageously with horizontal lines in architecture, may be seen in fig.1525., 
which is a view of the artificial ruins of a Roman aqueduct, in the gardens ot 
Schwezingen, in Baden.. In this view may be also seen how drooping trees, 
such as the weeping willow, may be harmonised with spiry-topped trees, by 
the intervention of round-headed trees and shrubs. Fig. 1526. shows how easy 
it is to overpower a building by planting Lombardy poplars near it ; this being 
actually the case at one of the entrances into the town of Carlsruhe, viz., the 
Ettlinger Thor, of which fig.1526 is a portrait. Fig. 1527., the Tivoli Garden, 
at Vienna, shows too many Lombardy poplars, in proportion to the round- 
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headed trees: and fig. 1528., the chateau de Neuviller, near Nancy, shows 
the Lombardy poplar overpowering a mansion ; while fig. 1529., a sketch by 
Gilbert Laing Meason, from the background of a landscape by Domenichino, 
shows two Lombardy poplars, judiciously introduced as a supporting mass to 
‘the tower, which forms the leading feature of the building. Fig. 1530. and 
Jig. 1531. are views of Pere la Chaise, showing the substitution of poplars for 
cypresses in a cemetery ; and fig. 1532. the entrance to the botanic garden at 
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