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then be frankly separated from the elastic Persica 

 and knotty Pomum ; of which one wild and lovely 

 species, the hawthorn, is no less notable for the 

 massive accumulation of wood in the stubborn 

 stem of it, than the wild rose for her lovely 

 power of wreathing her garlands at pleasure 

 wherever they are fairest, the stem following them 

 and sustaining, where they will. 



36. Thus, as we examine successively each part 

 of any plant, new sisterhoods, and unthought-of 

 fellowships, will be found between the most distant 

 orders ; and ravines of unexpected separation open 

 between those otherwise closely allied. Few bota- 

 nical characters are more definite than the leaf 

 structure illustrated in Plate VI., which has given 

 to one group of the Drosidae the descriptive name 

 of Ensatse, (see above, Chapter IX., § 11,) but this 

 conformation would not be wisely permitted to 

 interfere in the least with the arrangement founded 

 on the much more decisive floral aspects of the 

 Iris and Lily. So, in the fifth volume of 'Modern 

 Painters,' the sword-like, or rather rapier-like, leaves 

 of the pine are opposed, for the sake of more vivid 

 realization, to the shield-like leaves of the greater 

 number of inland trees ; but it would be absurd 

 to allow this difference any share in botanical 

 arrangement, — else we should find ourselves thrown 



