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iliri'orent style, the plane is a tree of the 

 most generally acknowledged beauty; and 

 it may be observed, that the boughs both of 

 that and of the witch elm, form themselves 

 into canopies with deep and distinct coves 

 beneath them, in a greater degree than those 

 of almost any other deciduous trees; a form 

 of bough peculiarly beautiful when hanging 

 over Avater. As the aim of the planter would 

 be to make the whole of these trees push 

 forvvai'd in a lateral direction, it might often 

 be right to plant some other trees behind 

 them of a more aspiring kind, such as the 

 poplar ; and by means of such a mixture, 

 together with some of the lower growths, 

 very beautiful groups may be formed, with- 

 out any appearance of affected contrast. 



It, may not be useless to remark on this 

 occasion, that all trees, of which the foliage 

 is (jf a marked character, and the colour 

 either hght and brillianjt, or in the opposite 



circumstance, ndded to their intrinsic merit, renders them 

 extremely useful, should the improver wish to produce or 

 continue the character. of an oak plantation, where the 

 ground is so moist that oaks will not flourish. 



