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be well combined, and mixed in juft pro- 

 portion, makes an agreeable contraft. Ivy 

 hanging round the oak, if it be not too pro- 

 fufe, we have already obferved, is a beautiful 

 appendage to it's grandeur. I have feen fome 

 parts of the foreft, where the ftem of almoft 

 every tree was covered with it. This indeed 

 was not picturefque -, but it gave the wood 

 a very odd appearance, by exhibiting fo total 

 an inverfion of nature. In fummer, the tops 

 of the trees are green, and their ftems com- 

 monly bare. Here the tops were bare, while 

 the ftems were in full leaf. 



In a light hoar-froft, before the fun, and 

 air begin to make the powder from the trees, 

 the wintry foreft is often beautiful ; and almoft 



exhibits the effecl: of tufted foliage. As 



fingle objects alfo, trees, under this circum- 

 ftance, are curious. The black branches, 

 whofe under-fides are not covered with rime, 

 often make a fingular contraft with the 

 whitened fpray. Trees of minuter ramifi- 

 cation and foliage, as the beech, the elm, and 

 the fir, appear under this circumftance, to 

 moft advantage. The am, the horfe-chefnut, 

 and other plants of coarfer form, have no 



great beauty. Trees alfo, thus covered 



with 



