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graceful, the horizontal or pendent masses of the round-headed trees j and 

 the stems of the poplars, being clear of branches to a greater height than the 

 other trees, form an agreeable variet}" in the lower part of the group. (Gard. 

 Mag., 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 Jig. ]525., 

 which is a view of the artificial ruins of a Roman aqueduct, in the gardens of 

 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 Carlsrwhe, viz., the 

 Ettlinger Thor, of which^g.la:^6 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 Jig. 152S., the chateau de Neuviller, near Nancy, shows 

 the Lombardy poplar overpowering a mansion ; while fg. 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 

 fg. 1531. are views of Pere la Chaise, showing the substitution of poplars for 

 cypresses in a cemetery; and Jig. 1532. the entrance to the botanic garden at 



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