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SECT. II. OF THEIR ARRANGEMENT SO AS TO PRODUCE HAR- 

 MONIOUS AND VARIED COLOURING. 



Another source of variety, which is independent of the modes 

 of growth or the manner of disposition, is colour. Hence, to 

 assist in the arrangement of a numerous collection of trees and 

 shrubs, a knowledge of the harmony of tints is essentially ne- 

 cessary to the planter. The subject, indeed, more properly be- 

 longs to painting; but a few remarks here may tend to shew 

 its importance. It may be thought, that the different tints of 

 green in trees are distinctions too minute to be attended to ; 

 but reflection and experience shew that they are of material 

 consequence in scenery. Imagine two woods of equal and 

 considerable extent, — the one composed of the yellow green of 

 the weeping willow, the other of the dark green of the oak : 

 how different must be the impressions received from each, 

 though the general form and composition of both, at a distance, 

 would appear the same ! It is evident, that the effect of the 

 different greens must be much more conspicuous in scenes in- 

 tended to be more minutely examined by the eye: — how dif- 

 ferent even the green of the gooseberry bush and currant tree 

 when opposed to each other! 



