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autumn, their leaves receive a mellow tint whicli 

 harmonizes very -well with the waning colours of 

 the wood. I have heard of other varieties of 

 these foreign Planes ; but if there are, I am 

 unacquainted with them. 



One singularity of this tree may be mentioned, 

 which I believe runs through all its varieties. The 

 stem of every leaf forms, at its insertion into the 

 spray, a little calyx or cup, which covers and de- 

 fends the bud of the succeeding year. In autumn 

 you easily discover it by pulling off a decayed leaf. 



The Poplar tribe shall be considered next. 

 They are numerous, and some of them picturesque. 

 They are at least stately trees ; but their thin, 

 quivering foliage is neither adapted to catch 

 masses of light, like that of the Elm, nor has it 

 the hanging lightness of the Ash. Its chief use 

 in landscape is to mix as a variety, in contrast 

 with other trees. 



"Within these few years the Lombardy Poplar, 

 which graces the banks of the Po, has been much 

 introduced in English plantations. It seems to 

 like a British soil, and its youth is promising, but 

 I have never seen it in full maturity. Its conic 



