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SECTION I. 



TREES IN CLUMPS. 



. ROM considering trees as indi- 

 viduals, we proceed next to con- 

 sider them under their various 

 combinations; among which clumps 

 are the simplest. 



What number o£ trees make a 

 clump no rules of art prescribe. The 

 term has rather a relative meaning. In 

 scenes brought near the eye we call three 

 or four trees a clump ; but in distant and exten- 

 sive scenery we scruple not to use the 'term for 

 any smaller detached part of a wood, though it 

 may consist of some hundreds. But though the 

 term admits not of exact definition, I shall en- 



