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Landscape Gardening 



lion we shall offer a few remarks on the principal varieties 

 of character afforded by trees in composition. 



Almost all trees, with relation to forms, may be divided 

 into three kinds, viz. round-headed trees, oblong or pyra- 

 midal trees, and spiry-topped trees; and so far as the 

 expressions of the different species comprised in these dis- 

 tinct classes are concerned, they are, especially when viewed 

 at a distance (as much of the wood seen in a prospect of 

 any extent necessarily must be), productive of nearly the 

 same general effects. 



FIG. 16. ROUND-HEADED TREE 



Round-headed trees compose by far the largest of these 

 divisions. The term includes all those trees which have 

 an irregular surface in their boughs, more or less varied in 

 outline, but exhibiting in the whole a top or head compara- 

 tively round; as the oak, ash, beech, and walnut. They 

 are generally beautiful when young, from their smoothness, 

 and the elegance of their forms; but often grow picturesque 

 when age and time have had an opportunity to produce 

 their wonted effects upon them. In general, however, the 

 different round-headed trees may be considered as the most 



