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his miftrefs's name. It conveys a happy 

 emblem : 



.I., crefcent illse ; crefcetis amores. 



But having praifed the trunk, we can praife 

 no other part of the fkeleton. The branches 

 are fantaftically wreathed, and difproportionedj 

 twining awkwardly among each other ; and 

 running often into long unvaried lines without 

 any of that ftrength and firmnefs, which we 

 admire in the oak ; or of that eafy fimplicity 

 which pleafes in the afh : in fhort, we rarely 

 fee a beech well ramified. In full leaf it is 

 equally unpleafmg ; it has the appearance of 

 an overgrown bufh. Virgil indeed was right 

 in chufing the beech for it's fhade. No tree 

 forms fo complete a roof. If you wifh either 

 for fhade, or fhelter, you will find it befl 



-patulae fub tegmine fagi. 



This bufhinefs gives a great heavinefs to 

 the tree ; which is always a deformity. What 

 lightnefs it has, difgufts. You will fome- 

 times fee a light branch ifluing from a heavy 

 mafs : and tho fuch pendent branches are often 

 beautiful in themfelves j they are feldom in 

 harmony with the tree. They diftinguifh 



however 



