Whether thefe maladies in trees ever produce 

 beauty in adorned nature , I much doubt. Kent 

 was hardy enough even to plant a whither ed tree ; 

 but the error was too glaring for imitation. 

 Objects in eveiy mode of compofition mould 

 hormonize ; and all we venture to aflert, is, 

 that thefe maladies are then only fources of 

 beauty either in the wild fcenes of nature, or 

 in artificial landfcape, when they are the ap- 

 pendages oifome particular mode of compojltion. 



The laft, and moft beautiful of thofe difeafes, 

 which Mr. Lawfon afcribes to trees, is mofs. 

 This, it is true, is one of nature's minutiae ; 

 and in painting, touches not the great parts, 

 compofition and effetfs. Nor is it ufe of in mere 

 drawing. But in coloured landfcape, it is 

 furely a veiy beautiful objecl: of imitation. 

 The variety of mofles the green, which tinges 

 the trunk of the beech ; the brimftone-co- 

 loured, and black, which ftain the oak j and 

 the yellow, which is frequently found on the 

 elm, and afh, are among the moft beautiful 

 of thofe tints, which embellifh the bark of 

 trees. 



I have often flood with admiration before 

 an old foreft-oak, examining the various tints, 

 which have enriched it's furrowed item. The 



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