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ter in appearance than a tall, stiff, gigantic hedge. Examples 

 of this can be easily found in many parts of the Union, where 

 the crude and formal taste of proprietors, by leading them to 

 plant long lines of Lombardy poplars, has had the effect of 

 destroying the beauty of many a fine prospect and building. 

 Conical, or oblong-headed trees, when carefully employed, 

 have a highly pleasing and agreeable effect in conjunction 

 with horizontal lines of buildings, and particularly with the 

 Grecian architecture, now so fashionable in this country. 

 Near such edifices, sparingly introduced, and tningled i7i 

 small proportion ivith round-headed trees, they contrast ad- 

 vantageously with the long cornices, flat roofs, and horizontal 

 lines, that predominate in their exterior. Lombardy pop- 

 lars are often thus introduced in pictures of Italian scenery, 

 where they sometimes break the formality of a long line of wall 

 in the happiest manner. Nevertheless, if they should be indis- 



[Fig. 13. Poplttrs in excess. 



criminately employed, or even used in any considerable propor- 

 tion in the decoration of the ground immediately adjoining a 

 building of any pretensions, they would inevitably defeat this 



[Fig. 14. Poplars jlld 



