SECT. V. 



AS the glen is fometimes found in the 

 country we are about to defcribe ; it 

 was necefTary juft to mention it as a diftinft 

 fpecies of woodland fcenery : yet as it is not 

 one of it's common features, we fhall dwell no 

 longer upon it; but haften to the open grove. 

 The open grove is compofed of trees arifing 

 from a fmooth area; which may confift either 

 of pines, or of the deciduous race. I have 

 feen beautiful groves of both. The pine- 

 grove will always be dry, as it is the peculiar 

 quality of it's leaves to fuck up moifture : but 

 in lightnefs, variety, and general beauty, the 

 deciduous-grove excels. If indeed you wifh 

 to compofe your grove in the gloomy (Hie, the 

 pine-race will beft ferve your purpofe. 



The open-grove feldom makes a pi&urefque 



appearance. In diftant fcenery indeed it may 



P 2 have 



