( 5* ) 



naturally cleanfing itfelf, at leafl it's larger 

 boughs, from mofs, and other parafitical 

 incumbrances. This would be no recom- 

 mendation of it in a pi&urefque light, if the 

 removal of thefe incumbrances did not fub- 

 ftitute as great a beauty in their room. Thefe 

 fcales are very irregular 3 falling off fometimes 

 in one part ; and fometimes in another : and as 

 the under bark, immediately after excoriation, 

 is of a lighter hue than the upper, it offers 

 to the pencil thofe fmart touches, which 

 have fo much effecl: in painting. Thefe flakes 

 however would be more beautiful, if they fell 

 off more in femi-circular laminae. They would 

 correfpond, and unite better with the circular 

 form of the bole. 



No tree forms a more pleafing made than 

 the occidental plane. It is full-leafed, and it's 

 leaf is large, fmooth, of a fine texture, and 

 feldom injured by infects. It's lower branches 

 mooting horizontally, foon take a direction to 

 the ground ; and the fpray feems more fedulous, 

 than that of any tree we have, by twitting 

 about in various forms, to fill up every little 

 vacuity with (hade. At the fame time, it 

 muft be owned, the twifling of it's branches 

 is a difadvantage to this tree, as we have juft 

 obferved it is to the beech, when it is ftripped 



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