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only be a large bush. Such is th,e horse-chesnut, the form of which, 
is commonly unpleasing. From position indeed, and contrast,— 
heaviness, though in itself a deformity, may be of singular use in 
the composition both of natural and of artificial landscape. 
A tree also must be well balanced to be beautiful. It may have 
form, and it may have lightness, and yet lose all its effect by want¬ 
ing a proper poise. The bole must appear to support the branches. 
We do not wish to see it supporting its burden with the perpen¬ 
dicular firmness 'of a column. An easy sweep is always agreeable ; 
but at the same time, it should not be such a sweep as discovers one 
side plainly overbalanced. 
On bleak sea coasts, trees generally take an unbalanced form ; and 
indeed in general some foreign cause must operate to occasion it; 
for nature working freely, is as much inclined to balance a tree upon 
its trunk, as an animal upon its legs. 
And yet in some circumstances, I have seen beauty arise even 
from an unbalanced tree ; but it must arise from some peculiar situa¬ 
tion, which gives it a local propriety. A tree, for instance, hang¬ 
ing from a rock, though totally unpoised, may be beautiful; or it 
may have a good effect, when we see it bending over a road, because 
it corresponds with its peculiar situation. We do not in these cases, 
admire it as a tree, but as the adjunct of an effect; the beauty of 
which, does not give the eye leisure to attend to the deformity of the 
instrument, through which the effect is produced. 
Without these requisites therefore, form , lightness , and a proper 
balance , no tree can have that species of beauty, which we call pic¬ 
turesque.” 
In this age of improvement, such writing and remarks as the fore¬ 
going cannot fail to have their due weight, and to be appreciated as 
they deserve: they form an admirable introduction to the character¬ 
istics of the different trees of England, whether native or naturalized. 
June 1 5th, 1834 . 
ARTICLE X.—QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
HOW CAN I EXTERMINATE DAISIES FROM GRASS LaWNS ? 
Could you inform me, if there is any method of exterminating 
Daisies from Grass Lawns;—they are a great annoyance to a friend 
of mine, who has a very pretty little Pleasure Ground. He says 
there were none three or four years since. H. P. 
HOW SHALL I CULTIVATE THE OXALIS CRENATA P Be SO good 
as let me know the culture of the Oxalis Crenatus. Having received 
