J 28 FLOWERING SHRUBS. 



No lark shall sprinp; on dewy wing 



Thy matin hymn to pour, 

 No cuckoo's voice shall shout " rejoice ! " 



For thou art Queen no more. 



Beneath thy flower-encircled wand, 



No peasant trains advance ; 

 No more they lead with sportive tread, 



The meiry, merry dance. 



The Molet blooms with modest grace 



Beneath its crest of leaves, 

 The Primrose shows her paly face ; 



Her wreaths the Woodbine weaves. 



The Cowslip bends her golden head. 



And D lisies deck the lea ; 

 But ah, no more in grove or l)ower, 



The Queen of May we'll see. 



Weep, weep then virgin Queen of May, 



Thy ancient reign is o'er ; 

 Thv votaries now are lowly laid. 



And thou art Queen no more. 



The Pear Thorn is one of the finest of our native species, it often 

 rises to the height of from fifteen to twenty feet with a stout rough- 

 barked stem. When in flower it forms a fine ornament to our open 

 woods and thickets, for it is not found in the depths of the forest ; but 

 at the open edges of woods, more especially it will be found along the 

 banks of rivers and creeks. The flowers are much larger though less 

 delicate in scent than the English Hawthorn. The leaves are thick 

 and tough, but smooth and shining, unequally toothed, ovate-oblong; 

 thorns, long sharp and slender. The white cup-shaped flowers with 

 dark anthers grow in handsome corymbs, many-flowered on the summits 

 of the sprays. The fruit is large, round and of a bright scarlet or 

 orange. 



Scarlet-fruited Thorn — Cratcegus cocciiiea, (L.) 

 Is no less ornamental than the former, it also forms a fine high 

 flowering bush ; the fruit is of a pleasant acid and of a fine bright scarlet, 

 the leaves are thin, partly lobed and sharply cut at the rounded margin. 

 This thorn grows tall and slender in close thickets and shade, but 

 seems to prefer open ground and plenty of sunshine, when it forms a 

 lovely small, compact, tree and flowers abundantly ; the fruit is not 

 so large as in the last species, and is of a deeper red colour. 



'i'he English White Thorn, CratiCgiis oxyacaiitha^ (L.) in some 

 situations grows beautifully, but is apt to dwindle and become mossy 

 and gnarled in unsuitable i)laces where it is neglected. 



