Tho we cannot accord with the learned 

 naturalift in the whole of this rapturous en- 

 comium on the hedge at Say's-court > yet 

 in part we agree with him -, and admire, 

 as much as he does, the holly, glittering 

 ivitb it's armed and varnifhed leaves -> and 

 blufhing 'with it's natural coral. But we could 

 wifli to recommend it, not in a hedge, but 

 in a foreft ; where mixed with oak, or am, 

 or other trees of the wood, it contributes 

 to form the moft beautiful fcenes; blending 

 itfelf with the trunks, and fkeletons of the 

 winter - y or with the varied greens of fummer. 

 But in it's combined ftate we mail have 

 occafion hereafter 'to mention it. At prefent 

 we mail only obferve that, as far as an in- 

 dividual bum can be beautiful, the holly is 

 extremely fo. It has belides to recommend 

 it, that it is among the hardieft and ftouteft 

 plants of Englifh growth. It thrives in alinoft 

 all foils, and fituations. At Dungenefs in 

 Kent, I have heard, it flourifhes even among 

 the pebbles of the beach. 



The haw-thorn mould not entirely be palled 



over amidft the minuter plants of the foreft, 



H 4 tho 



