ing poplar, bends it only in eafy motion, while 

 a ferene iky indicates the heavens to be at 

 peace, there is nothing to act in concert with 

 the motion of the tree : it feems to have 

 taken its form from the influence of a fea air, 

 or fome other malign impreflion j and ex- 

 hibiting an unnatural appearance, difgufts. 

 One thing more I mould mention with regard 

 to the Italian poplar, which is, that although 

 it fometimes has a good effect, when {landing 

 fmgle j it generally has a better, when two or 

 three are planted in a group. 



The walnut is not an unpiclurefque tree. 

 The warm, ruffet hue of its young foliage 

 makes a pleafing variety among the vivid green 

 of other trees, about the end of May: and 

 the fame variety is maintained in fummer, by 

 the contrail of its yellowifh hue, when mixed 

 in any quantity, with trees of a darker tint : 

 but it opens its leaves fo late, and drops them 

 fo early, that it cannot long be in harmony 

 with the grove. It (lands befl alone j and 

 the early lofs of its foliage is of the lefs 

 confequence, as its ramification is generally 

 beautiful. 



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