2$6 STUDIES OF NATURE. 



have occafion for them as a fupport ; others, as 

 the baftard- pomegranate, attach themfelves in 

 form of cork-fcrew'i others form a fi m pie hook 

 with the tail of their leaf, as the nafturtium : the 

 pink employs a fimilar method of adhefion. Thefe 

 two beautiful flowers are fupported in our gardens 

 with rods ; but it would be a problem well worthy 

 of the inveftigation of Florifts, to afcertain what 

 are the auxiliary plants, if I may call them fo, to 

 which thefe were defigned to unite themfelves, in 

 the places where they are native : delightful groups 

 might be formed by their re-union. 



I am perfuaded that there is not a vegetable but 

 what has it's oppofite in fome parts of the Earth : 

 their mutual harmony is the caufe of the fecret 

 pleafure which we feel in wild rural fcenes, where 

 Nature is at liberty to combine them. The fir- 

 tree rifes, in the forefts of the North, like a lofty 

 pyramid, of a dark green, and with a motionlefs 

 attitude. The birch is almoft always found in it's 

 vicinity, and grows to nearly the fame height, is 

 of the form of an inverted pyramid, of a lively 

 verdure, with a moveable foliage, continually 

 playing about with every breath of the wind. The 

 round-leafed trefoil loves to grow in the midft of 

 the fine grafs, and to adorn it with it's own flow 

 ery nofegay. Nay, I believe that Nature has made 

 thofe deep inci fions in the leaves of a great many 



vegetables, 



