HORSE-CHESTNUT, SYCAMORE. 

 PLATE 4. FIGURES 1 TO 3. 



EEY few trees can 

 give so magnificent 

 a display of colour 

 in their autumn 

 tinting astheHorse- 

 Chestnut which was 

 curiously consi- 

 dered by Gilpin to 

 be ' a heavy, dis- 

 agreeable tree' a 

 remarkable opinion 



for so keen a lover of Nature. In speaking of 

 the Horse- Chestnut he says : c It forms its foliage 

 generally in a round mass, with little appearance 



