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tering bougli and twig, and tlie beauty of colour to tlie 

 moving forms of glossy leaves.'' * — Ed. 



Nearly allied to the Beecli in a picturesque 

 light, is tlie Hornbeara. It grows like it, when 

 it is suflfered to grow ; but it is generally seen 

 only in clipped hedges, where it is very obedient 

 to the knife, and, with a little care, will never 

 presume to appear out of form. Its wood is 

 white, tough, and flexible. 



The deciduous trees, which I have described, 

 hold certainly the first rank. I shall, however, 

 touch on a few others, which, though neither so 

 beautiful nor so characteristic, are, however, 

 worth the notice of the picturesque eye. 



Among these the first place is due to two noble 

 trees of the same kind, both naturalized in 

 England — though from different extremes of the 

 globe — the Occidental and the Oriental Plane. 



The Occidental Plane is a native of America ; 

 but has long been known in England, where it 

 attains a considerable growth, though inferior, 

 no doubt, to what it attains in its native soil. Its 



* Our Woodland Trees. 



