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fer an expression which, without these latter qualities, might 

 in a great measure be wanting. By shutting out some parts, 

 and enclosing others, they divide the extent embraced by the 

 eye, into a hundred different landscapes, instead of one tame 

 scene bounded by the horizon. 



The different seasons of the year, too, are inseparably con- 

 nected in our minds with the effects produced by them on 

 woodland scenery. Spring is joyous and enlivening to us, 

 as nature then puts on her fresh livery of green, and the trees 

 bud and blossom with a renewed beauty, that speaks with a 

 mute and gentle eloquence to the heart. In summer they 

 offer to us a grrateful shelter under their umbrageous arms 

 and leafy branches : in autumn we feel a melancholy thought- 

 fulness, as 



" We stand among the fallen leaves," 



and gaze upon their dying glories. And in winter their bare 

 spray rocking in the winds, has a pleasing diversity ; while 

 it reminds us forcibly by contrast of the loss of their rich sum- 

 mer drapery of foliage, and awakens a hope of returning 

 spring, when the imprisoned buds shall again burst into ver- 

 dure and beauty. 



By the judicious employment of trees in the embellishment 

 of a country residence, we may effect the greatest alterations 

 and improvements within the scope of Landscape Gardening. 

 Buildings which are tame, insipid, or even mean in appear- 

 ance, may be made interesting and often picturesque, by a 

 proper disposition of trees. Edifices, or parts of them that are 

 unsightly, or which it is desirable partly or wholly to con- 

 ceal, can readily be hidden or improved by wood; and walks 

 and roads, which otherwise would be but simple ways of ap- 

 proach from one point to another, are, by an elegant arrange- 



