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he says, " is particularly suited to the pencil. In those portions 

 which are brought nearer to the sight, the form of the individual 

 leaves (j%. 55. a, to the scale of 1 in. to a foot) may here and 

 there be expressed, as shown in the sketch, which also exhibits 

 what is technically called the touch (6, to the scale of the fourth 

 of an inch to a foot), necessary to express its character as it 

 recedes from the eye." As a contrast to the touch of the oak, 

 we shall give that of Pyrus nivalis, a species of wild pear, taken 

 at random from the sketch-book of an artist, M. Lejeune, in our 

 employment. Injig. 51,,f\s a single leaf, drawn to a scale of an 

 inch to a foot ; g, a cluster of leaves to the same scale ; A, the 

 same cluster of leaves to the scale of a quarter of an inch to a 

 foot; and i the same cluster to a scale of 1 in. to 12ft. The 

 last is suited for full-grown trees, and the preceding one for 

 young trees drawn to the larger scale. 



