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classes, not even indicated here, that are not less in- 

 teresting to the naturalist, if not to the general reader, 

 than many of those we have specified. In the hope, 

 then, that in due time these addenda will be made, 

 and that our imperfect outline will, at the same time, 

 be filled up, by one better qualified than we are to do 

 justice to the subject, we take our leave of the Fauna 

 to add a few general notes on the Flora of our favoured 

 district. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 FLORA. 



To those who have long resided in one spot in the 

 country, and have become familiar with the principal 

 features of the surrounding landscape, every deciduous 

 tree appears, at the fall of the leaf, to shrink in its 

 individual proportions, the far off hedgerows and 

 hangers recede still further in the distance, and the 

 whole country assumes a more open character. On 

 the return of spring, all these effects are reversed, and 

 when "th' umbrageous multitude of leaves" is fairly 

 developed, the outlines are again filled up, the masses 

 of bright green foliage appear to draw nearer to the 

 eye and approach each other, and the glades and 

 open spaces between them are sensibly diminished in 

 area. This is one of the interesting experiences of 

 rural life, and it is needless to say that we have it in 

 perfection in the park, which from the mansion, looking 

 south, commands a wide range of very charming 



