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be as little variety of tint : and lastly, as there are none of 
these openings that excite and nourish curiosity, but the eye 
is everywhere opposed by one uniform leafy screen, there 
can be as little intricacy as variety.” From these remarks, 
it will be perceived, that even among round-headed trees, there 
may be great difference in the comparative beauty of different 
sorts ; and judging from the excellent standard here laid 
down, it will also be seen how much, in the eye of a painter, 
a tree with a beautifully diversified surface, as the oak, sur- 
passes, in the composition of a scene, one with a very regular 
and compact surface and outline, as the horse-chestnut. In 
planting large masses of wood, therefore, or even in forming 
large groups in park scenery, round-headed trees, of the ordi- 
nary loose and varied manner of growth common in the ma- 
jority of forest trees, are greatly to be preferred to all others. 
When they cover large tracts, as several acres, they convey 
an emotion of grandeur to the mind ; when they form vast 
forests of thousands of acres, they produce a feeling of sub- 
limity ; in the landscape garden when they stand alone, or 
in fine groups, they are graceful , or beautiful. While 
young, they have an elegant appearance ; when old, they 
generally become majestic or picturesque. Other trees may 
suit scenery, or scenes, of particular and decided characters ; 
but round-headed trees are, decidedly, the chief adornment of 
general landscape. 
/S 'piry -topped trees , (fig. 27,) are distinguished by straight 
leading stems and horizontal branches, which are compara- 
tively small, and taper gradually to a point. 
The foliage is generally evergreen, and in 
most trees of this class, hangs in parallel or 
CFi *- 27 - T Sr pped looping tufts from the branches. The 
various evergreen trees, composing the spruce and fir families, 
