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singular contrast with the whitened spray. Trees 

 of minuter ramification and foliage as the Beech, 

 the Elm, and the Fir appear under the circum- 

 stance to most advantage. The Ash, the Horse- 

 Chestnut, and other plants of coarser form have 

 no great beauty. Trees also, thus covered with 

 hoar-frost, have sometimes, if not a picturesque, 

 at least an uncommon effect when they appear 

 against a lurid cloud ; especially when the sun 

 shines strongly upon them.' 



