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Andrews, Esq., near Monkstown, Dublin, are many 

 such plants, from seed which he brought from New 

 Zealand, and some of which I have not seen in so 

 good condition elsewhere. 



TREES AS STREET ORNAMENTS. 



Patriots little foresaw the improvements which 

 l)ubliii has already made, when predicting the re- 

 sults of our Legislative Union : 



" How justly alarmed is each. Dublin cit, 



That he'll soon be transformed to a clown, sir ! 

 By a magical move of that conjuror, Pitt, 



The country is coming to town, sir ! 

 Thro' Capel-street soon, as you rurally range, 



You'll scarce recognize it the same street ; 

 Choice turnips shall grow in your Royal Exchange, 



Fine cabbages down along Dame -street. 

 Wild oats in the College won't want to be tilled, 



And hemp in the Four-Courts may thrive, sir ; 

 Your markets again shall with muttons be filled 



By St. Patrick, they'll graze there alive, sir!" 



The arboriculturist Mr. A. Moiigredien, in his 

 Hcatherside Manual, and elsewhere, states that the 

 Levant Plane (Platanus OricntaUs, or digitata) is 

 hardier than the Western P. occiden tails, from Ame- 

 rica disregarding smoke, soot, and malaria of our 

 cities, as it is seen adorning parks," and squares, and 

 grounds about the Law Courts and churches of Lon- 

 don. That some such trees, be they Planes, Elms, 

 A*h, Ailanthus, Acacia, Maples, Paulounias, or others 

 as yet unproved, would thrive even in our Sackville- 



