78 Gilpin's fobest scenery. 



brandies coincide in the motion, and the blast 

 often makes an impression npon it when 

 otlier trees are at rest. I have mentioned, 

 among the adventitious beauties of trees, their 

 snscrptihilifi/ of motion ;* but, in painting, I know 

 not that I should represent any kind of motion 

 in a tree, except that of a violent storm. When 

 the blast is loud and boisterous ; when the 

 black heavens are in unison with it, and help 

 to tell the story, an Oak, straining in the 

 wind, is an object of picturesque beauty. But 

 when the gentle breeze, pressing upon the 

 quivering Poplar, bends it only in easy motion, 

 while a serene sky indicates the heavens to be at 

 peace, there is nothing to act in concert with the 

 motion of the tree : it seems to have taken its 

 form from the influence of a sea air, or some 

 other malign impression, and, exhibiting an un- 

 natural appearance, disgusts. One thing more I 

 should mention with regard to the Italian Poplar, 

 which is, that although it sometimes has a good 

 effect, when standing single, it generally has a 



* See page 39. 



