44 THE WOODLANDS. 



upon undergrowth. After a period of some years, 

 when the woodcutter clears away acres of under- 

 growth, leaving the gaunt and bare trunks of the 

 timber trees standing like spectre sentinels, the whole 

 character of the herbaceous vegetation exhibits a 

 marked change. Plants never seen under the shadow 

 of bushes now appear in profusion, and in the autumn 

 scores of fungi, which before were sought in vain, 

 become plentiful. The following are the principal 

 shrubs usually found as undergrowth : 



The HAZEL 1 composes almost the entire under- 



HAZEL NUTS. 



growth in some woodlands, where it is the delight of 

 squirrels, and small boys, in the autumn, when its 

 filberts are ripe. The prevalence of this shrub origi- 

 nated the names of several such places as Hazelbury 

 in Wilts JLazelingfield in Cambridgeshire, and Hazel- 



1 Corylus avellana. 



