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from the rains, transplanting, or other accidental circumstances. 

 The plants should be arranged according to their natural affi- 

 nities, as affording the greatest assistance to the memory, and 

 presenting the most pleasing general view of the different spe- 

 cies constituting the natural order. 



I am, dear Sir, yours very sincerely, 



George Sinclair. 

 Neva Cross Nursery, 

 Nov. 30th, 1825. 



Art. IV. Remarks on Mr. Thompson's Observations on the 

 Effect of the Lombardy Poplar in Park Scenery. By 

 Richard Morris, Esq. F. L. S., Surveyor and Landscape 

 Gardener. 



The poplar, as an ornamental tree, does not possess beauty, 

 grandeur, or the qualifications of the picturesque; yet in 

 combination it may, for the purpose of opposition of charac- 

 ter, be introduced into scenery with advantage ; and it is 

 upon this principle that Mr. Thompson recommends this 

 tree to notice. No one can differ from Mr. T. upon the rule 

 on which his recommendation rests, " that horizontal lines 

 should be balanced and supported by perpendicular lines " — 

 what induces me to make any comment upon his illus- 

 tration of this subject, is to endeavour to prove a better 

 adaptation of forms to the scenery presented ; and to show, 

 that although horizontal lines require to be balanced and 

 supported by perpendicular lines, much depends on the con- 

 tour, forms, and outlines of the adjacent objects and scenery. 

 Although Mr. T. has studied well the description of his 

 subject, he has not succeeded so well in the elucidation. 

 In the sketch, No. 1. of his article upon this subject, in 

 the first Number of the Gardener's Magazine, in illus- 

 trating his argument, he has introduced perpendicular 

 forms which are prejudicial to both pictorial and scenic 

 beauty. I agree with Mr. T. that the bridge requires 

 perpendicular forms to oppose its horizontal lines, but the 

 plantation behind the bridge, where by the intermixtures of 

 poplars an agreeable irregularity of outline is produced, would 

 have been sufficient for this purpose, at least as far as poplars 

 should contribute their aid.. From the manner in which 

 this plantation ranges with the scenery, it was indispensable 

 to introduce poplars, otherwise the broad masses of foliage 

 would have formed an horizontal and somewhat parallel line 



