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more striking appearance if placed by the side of an 

 ash or a beech, whose leaves are several degrees 

 lighter in shade, than in the neighbourhood of a 

 horse-chesnut, whose foliage approaches its own in 

 deepness of hue. The white-leaved willow, and the 

 silver-poplar, will have a very fine eflPect, if planted 

 near trees whose leaves are of a deep green. The 

 shape and bearing of the tree, if the expression may 

 be allowed, is likewise worthy of regard in planting, 

 with a view to produce the greatest possible degree 

 of beauty. The Lombardy poplar has a slender spi- 

 ral form, and its motions in the wind are easy and 

 graceful. The plane or sycamore, on the contrary, 

 has a broad spreading top, and its movements are 

 very constrained, a circumstance which makes it a 

 fit companion for the first mentioned tree. The 

 spray of the ash is flowing and elegant. The oak, 

 on the contrary, looks as if it disdained to move a 

 twig in the breeze. Two trees of these kinds, 

 placed near one another, to say nothing of the shape 

 and colour of the leaves, which are very dissimilar, 

 will make a fine and powerful contrast by the diffe- 

 rence of their motions alone. In clumps and nar- 

 Tow belts, it will be proper to keep the stateliest 

 growing trees in the interior, and the humbler sorts 

 on the outside. That the plantations may have as 



