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poplars of this kind I have feen, are at 

 Blenheim. They are not old trees; but are very 

 tall ; and, I believe ftill preferve their fpiry form. 

 One beauty the Italian poplar poffeffes, 

 which is almoft peculiar to itfelf; and that 

 is the waving line it forms, when prefled by 

 wind. Moft trees in this circumftance are 

 partially agitated. One fide is at reft ; while 

 the other, is in motion. But the Italian pop- 

 lar waves in one iimple fweep from the top 

 to the bottom, like an oftrich-feather on a 

 lady's head. All the branches coincide in 

 the motion : and the leaft blaft makes an 

 impreffion upon it, when other trees are at 

 reft. I mentioned, among the adventitious 

 beauties of trees, \ht\ifufceptibility of motion*: 

 but in painting I know not, that I mould 

 reprefent any kind of motion in a tree, ex- 

 cept that of a violent ftorm. When the 

 blaft is loud, and boifterous ; when the black 

 heavens are in unifon with it, and help to tell 

 the ftory, an oak {training in the wind, is 

 an objedt of picturefque beauty. But when 

 the gentle breezes, pre fling upon the quiver- 



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