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mean, however, that variety which arises 

 from the manner in which these evergreens 

 may be disposed, not from the number 

 of distinct species. I have indeed often 

 observed in forests, so many combinations 

 and picturesque effects produced merely 

 by oak, beech, thorns, and hollies, that 

 one could hardly wish for more variety; on 

 the other hand I have no less frequently 

 found the most perfect monotony in point 

 of composition and effect, where there was 

 the greatest variety of trees : it put me in 

 mind of what is mentioned of the more 

 ancient Greek painters ; that with only four 

 coloursj they did, what in the more dege- 

 nerate days of the art, could not be per- 

 formed with ali the aid of chemistry. 



Variety, of which the true end is to relieve 

 the eye, not to perplex it, does not consist 

 in the diversity ot separate objects, but in 

 that of their effects when combined toge- 

 ther; in diversity of composition, and of 

 character. Many think, however, they 

 have obtained that grand object, when 



