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different style, the plane is a tree of the 

 most generally acknowledged beauty ; and 

 it may be observed, that the boughs both of 

 that and of the witch elm, form themselves 

 into canopies with deep and distinct coves 

 beneath them, in a greater degree than those 

 of almost any other deciduous trees; a form 

 of bough peculiarly beautiful when hanging 

 over water. As the aim of the planter would 

 be to make the whole of these trees push 

 forward in a lateral direction, it might often 

 be right to plant some other trees behind 

 them of a more aspiring kind, such as the 

 poplar ; and by means of such a mixture, 

 together with some of the lower growths, 

 very beautiful groups may be formed, with- 

 out any appearance of affected contrast. 



It may not be useless to remark on this 

 occasion, that all trees, of which the foliage 

 is of a marked character, and the colour 

 either light and brilliant, or in the opposite 



circumstance, added to their intrinsic merit, rentiers them 

 extreme])' useful, should the improver wish to produce or 

 continue the character of an oak plantation, where the 

 ground is so moist that oaka will not flourish. 



