SOURCES OP PICTUEESQUENBSS IN TEEES. 37 



down from every bougli in the most luxm-iant and 

 romantic abundance.* 



Among tlie most beautiful appendages of this 

 hanging kind, which we have in England, is the 

 Hop. In cultivation it is disagreeable : but, in its 

 rude natural state, twisting carelessly round the 

 branches of trees, I know not whether it is not 

 as beautiful as the Vine. lbs leaf is similar ; and 

 though the bunches of hoj), beautiful as they are, 

 and fragrant, are not equal to the clusters of the 

 Vine, yet it is a more accommodating plant, hangs 

 more loosely, and is less extravagant in its growth. 



In artificial landscape indeed, where the sub- 

 ject is sublime, these appendages are of little 

 value. Such trifling ornaments the scene rejects; 

 The rough Oak, in the dignity of its simple form, 

 adorns the foreground better. But in festive, or 

 Bacchanalian subjects (if such subjects are ever 

 proper for description) when the sportive nymphs 

 and satyrs take their repose at noon, or gambol 

 in the shade of evening, nothing can more beau- 

 tifully adorn their retreat, or more characteris- 

 tically mark it, than these pendent plants, parti- 



* SmoUet's Travels, vol. ii. page 46. 



