Colour in are transported to the older and more sober continent, they 

 the Hedge- strike a somewhat harsh and disagreeable note, and produce a 

 rows s Ptty effect in the subdued and solid tints of the landscape. 



Another charming colour effect even after the leaves have 

 fallen is due to the wild Briar-Rose and the Sweet-briar, in hedge 

 or shrubbery. As I write in bright sunshine on the snow-clad 

 land, the deep green of Gorse, Broom, and Holly hedges is broken 

 in many places by a crimson mist the fruit of the wild Roses, 

 which, much against the gardener's wish, have been allowed to 

 grow as they please, and fling their long shoots high above the 

 green. Fairy-like masses of pink and white in June, they turn 

 from scarlet to crimson as the Autumn goes on ; and as the birds 

 greatly prefer the handsome fruits of Rosa rugosa to the humbler 

 English Rose, they are left to adorn the hedges even in twenty- 

 five degrees of frost. And many another beautiful effect may 

 be gained by the use of everyday trees which are usually left 

 to grow wild in copse and woodland, or relegated for " useful " 

 purposes only to the kitchen garden or orchard. I mean fruit 

 trees both wild and tame. Who that has lived in the north of 

 Hampshire can forget the vivid flame of our wild Cherries in 

 Autumn, huge mountains of snow in Spring that turn to trees 

 of fire in October ; or the beauty of Crab Apples both in flower 

 and fruit, growing with May trees right out among the Firs and 

 Heather. And why should we not bring some of the Pears, 

 which take on such gorgeous Autumn clothing, into our gardens, 

 instead of banishing them to unseen and unvisited regions ? 

 They would fulfil the object for which they are grown every 

 whit as well, and add a fresh delight to the eye in Spring and 

 Autumn. Some of the Apples also, such as Worcester Pearmain, 

 and the dear old red Devonshire Quarrenden, set thickly in late 

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