78 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



Who, from her vast variety, have cull'd 



The loveliest, boldest parts, and new^ arranged : 



Yet, as herself approv'd, herself inspir'd 



In their immortal works, thou ne'er shall find 



Dull uniformity, contrivance quaint, 



Or laboured littleness ; but contrast broad, 



And careless lines, whose undulating forms 



Play thro' the varied canvass ; these transplant 



Again on nature ; take the plastic spade, 



It is thy pencil ; take thy seeds, thy plants, 



They are thy colours : and by these repay 



"With interest, every charm she lent thy art." 



Page 13. 



The amateur, who wishes to dispose his plantations in the 

 natural style of Landscape Gardening, so as to produce beau- 

 tiful or picturesque scenery, will be greatly aided by a study 

 of the peculiar expression of trees individually, and in com- 

 position. The effect of a given tree singly, is often exceed- 

 ingly different from that of a group of the same trees. To 

 be fully aware of the effect of groups and masses, requires 

 considerable study, and the progress in this study may be 

 greatly facilitated by a recurrence from groups in nature, to 

 groups in pictures. 



As a farther aid to this most desirable species of informa- 

 tion, we shall offer a few remarks on the principal varieties 

 of character afforded by trees in composition. 



Almost all trees, with relation to forms, may be divi- 

 ded into three kinds, viz : round-headed trees, oblong or py- 

 ramidal trees, and spiry-topped trees ; and so far as the 

 expressions of the different species comprised in these distinct 

 divisions are concerned, they are, especially when viewed at 

 a distance, as much of the wood seen in a prospect of any 

 extent necessarily must be, productive of nearly the same 

 general effects. 



Round-headed trees compose by far the largest of these 



