PART I. OF TASTE. 25 



tion of them in another displays light and smoothness. These 

 effects frequently both happen in the same leaf at the same 

 time, as any one may observe in the cameliajaponica. 



Colours address themselves to the sight alone. They may 

 be divided into four kinds. 1. The cold colours ; as green, 

 blue, violet, &c. 2. The hot, or powerful colours ; as red, 

 orange, scarlet, &c. 3. The gay ; or white. 4. The gloomy ; 

 or black. The cold are the most pleasing when alone ; the hot 

 the most striking ; and consequently their mixture constitutes 

 the most powerful harmony. The most agreeable and alluring 

 harmonies are formed by the union of the hot and gay ; as in 

 the red and white of the human skin. The most disgusting are 

 formed by the presence of the gay and solemn, when abruptly 

 interposed ; as in black clothes upon pale faces and hands, or 

 white clothes on black or tawny people ; or in mourning suits, 

 where black and white stuffs are mixed and opposed. 



Odours only affect the sense of smelling. They are either 

 soft and fresh, as the smell of hay, lavender, roses, &c. or 

 strong, as that of pine, birch, assafoetida, and the civet cat. 

 The former are the most pleasing, the latter the most powerful. 

 Their mixture is often grateful; as in spring, in a woody glen, 

 where birch, pine, and willow, shelter violets, primroses, and 

 wild hyacinths. 



e 



