THE HAWTHORN. 97 



as in its native country, and where it must have no little 

 efficacy in keeping alive the memory of the shady lanes 

 and village greens of Old England. 



It would be superfluous for me to give a detailed 

 description of a tree with which every one is so familiar as 

 the Hawthorn. I will therefore simply make a few remarks 

 on its mode of growth and other peculiarities, which I will 

 leave to my readers to verify at their leisure. 



FRUIT OF HAWTHORN. NATURAL SIZE. 



In size, mode of growth, foliage, colour, and even odour 

 of its flowers, the Hawthorn is perhaps more liable to 

 variation than any other tree. Some exhibit a strong, free, 

 and upright growth, being furnished with large and 

 luxurious foliage, and but few spines ; others, on the con- 

 trary, assume the character of stunted, prickly bushes, with 

 numerous small and deeply-cut leaves. Not unfrequently, 

 from having been cut down to the ground in an early stage 

 of their growth, numerous suckers rise from the same root, 

 which, in after years, as they increase in bulk, become 

 partially united at their bases, and have the appearance of 

 a trunk dividing itself into many branches. 



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