ON FORM IN TREE SCENERY. 



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entertain the question so far as it appertains to deciduous 

 trees, as the evergreen trees, retaining their leaves per- 

 petually, the spray and ramification are almost concealed 

 by them. 



I give here examples of the spray and ramification of 

 four trees the Oak, the Elm, the Lime, and the Beech 

 (figs. 6, 7, 8, 9) having chosen them because they are 

 well-known and readily accessible. It should, however, 



Fig. 7 The Elm. 



. 8 The Lime. 



be .remarked that there are others differing as widely in 

 form and character as these. 



To those who find an interest in tracing the wonderful 

 variety in the vegetable kingdom, there is here an ample 

 field for observation and reflection. Scarcely two trees, 

 scarcely two branches, can be found alike. 



The change of a deciduous tree from the leafy to the 

 leafless state is a change in form and character, and hence 

 a new sort of variety. A deciduous tree in leaf is seen in 

 outline only ; when denuded of its leaves it shows also in 



