SECTION V, 



WE have thus endeavoured to mark the 

 principal characJeriftics of pifturefque beauty, 

 in the moft common trees we have in England. 

 But to have a more accurate idea of their nice 

 peculiarities ; and dtftin&ions, we fhould ex- 

 amine their fmaller parts with a little more 

 precifion their ramification in winter; as 

 well as the mafs of foliage, which they exhibit 

 in fummer. 



Their ramification, in part, we have already 

 confidered ; but it has only been that of the 

 larger boughs, which fupport the foliage; 

 and fuch as we commonly fee under the 

 mafles of it, when in full leaf. Winter di- 

 covers the nicer parts of the ramification 

 the little tender fpray; on which the hang- 

 ing of the foliage, and the peculiar character 

 of the tree fo much depend. 



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