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-whereas inequality and irregularity alone, 

 will give to a tree a picturesque appearance, 

 more especially if the effects of age and 

 decay, as well as of accident are conspi- 

 cuous: when, for instance, some of the 

 limbs are shattered, and the broken stump 

 remains in the void space; when others, 

 half twisted round by winds, hang down- 

 wards; while others again shoot in an op- 

 posite direction, and perhaps some large 

 bough projects side ways from below the 

 stag-headed top, and then as suddenly 

 turns upwards, and rises above it. The 

 general proportion of such trees, whether 

 tall or short, thick or slender, is not mate- 

 rial to their character as picturesque ob- 

 jects; but where beauty, elegance, and 

 gracefulness are concerned, a short thick 

 proportion will not give an idea of those 



Stat Philyra ; haud omnes formosior altera surgit 

 Inter Hamadryades ; mollissima, Candida, lsevie, 

 Et viridante coma, & bene olenli flore supcrba, 

 Spargit odoratam late atque aqvalitcr umbram. 



If we take Candida for clear, as candidi fontcs; and 

 viridante, as peculiarly fresh and verdant, we have every 

 quality of beauty separately considered. 



