( '79 ) 



BOOK II. 



SECTION I. 



FROM confidering trees as individuals, we 

 proceed next to confider them under their 

 various combinations ; among which, clumps 

 are the fimpleft. 



What number of trees make a clumpy no 

 rules of art prefcribe. The term has rather 

 a relative meaning. In fcenes, brought near 

 the eye, we call three or four trees a clump. 

 But in diftant and extenfive fcenery, we 

 fcruple not to ufe the term for any fmaller 

 detached part of a wood, tho it may confift 



of fome hundreds. But tho the term 



admits not of exacl: definition, I fhall en- 

 N 2 deavour 



