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graceful, the horizontal or pendent masses of the round-headed trees; andthe stems of the poplars, being clear of branches to a greater height than theother trees, form an agreeable variety in the lower part of the group. ( Gard.Mag., vol. i. p. 19.)

The admirable effect of the Lombardy poplar, when planted so as to contrastadvantageously with horizontal lines in architecture, may be seen in^g. 1525.,which is a view of the artificial ruins of a Roman aqueduct, in the gardens ofSchwezingen, in Baden. In this view may be also seen how drooping trees,such as the weeping willow, may be harmonised with spiry-topped trees, bythe intervention of round-headed trees and shrubs. Fig. 1526. shows how easyit is to overpower a building by planting Lombardy poplars near it; this beingactually the case at one of the entrances into the town of Carlsruhe, viz., theEttlinger Thor, of which Jig. 1526 is a portrait. Fig. 1527., the Tivoli Garden,at Vienna, shows too many Lombardy poplars, in proportion to the round-

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headed trees : and Jig. 1528., the chateau de Neuviller, near Nancy, showsthe Lombardy poplar overpowering a mansion ; while Jig. 1529., a sketch byGilbert Laing Meason, from the background of a landscape by Domenichino,shows two Lombardy poplars, judiciously introduced as a supporting mass tothe tower, which forms the leading feature of the building. Fig. 1530. andfig. 1531. are views of Pere la Chaise, showing the substitution of poplars forcypresses in a cemetery ; and^g. 1532. the entrance to the botanic garden at

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