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culiar to itself, that we might almost fancy it 

 a clump of green clouds, which sometimes 

 obscure, and sometimes admit the light, 

 showing branches distinct from the leafy 

 clouds, which again support other masses of 

 foliage, that forms a group of harmony not 

 excelled in any other majestic tree. 



" Thus when we view a well-proportioned dome, 

 (The world's just wonder, and even thine, O Rome !) 

 No single parts unequally surprise, 

 All comes united to th' admiring eyes : 

 No monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear ; 

 The whole at once is bold and regular." 



Pope. 



A few detached elms befoi;e clumps of 

 pines or firs, add greatly to the beauty of the 

 plantation, as the extreme softness of the 

 colour of the elm leaves in the spring, and the 

 delicate manner in which they seem sprinkled 

 over the branches, have a delightful effect. 



" No numbers can the varying robe express, 

 While each new day presents a different dress." 



The autumn changes the full green foliage 

 of the elm to a yellow or ochre colour, which 

 enlivens the dark tints of the fir, scarce less 

 agreeably than its juvenile shades. This tree 

 varies exceedingly in the colour of its foliage, 

 as well as in the size of its leaves, by tfte least 

 change of soil. Thus we often see two neigh- 



