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MY GARDEN. 



ants, and other living creatures. We may all say with Landor 

 " Oh, who upon earth could ever cut down a linden ! " 



There is a red-stalked variety, also of great beauty. I had a fine 

 young tree, which a former gardener not imbued with the feeling 

 of Landor much enraged me by cutting it down for a prop ; and 

 when expostulated with, excused himself by saying that he had no 

 idea it was a beautiful tree; proving that eyes are useless without 

 understanding. 



We have only one oak (Querciis robur) in the place. Moderate- 

 sized ones exist in the neighbouring field, and smaller picturesque 

 old stumpy trees grow by the river side at Mr. Graham's, close at 



FIG. 939. Last Oak of Birnam Wood. 



FIG. 940. Turkey Oak at Fulham, struck by 

 lightning. 



hand. Oaks are not sufficiently numerous in our district to be 

 important, and therefore I have figured the last oak of Birnam 

 Wood (fig. 939). 



"Till Birnam Wood shall come to Dunsinane." Macbeth. 

 I have one or two small Evergreen oaks (Quercns ilex), which 

 grow slowly, and for years may be used as tall shrubs. The Rev. 

 Mr. Bridges has a fine specimen in his grounds (fig. 958). I have 

 no Cork-tree (Qucrcus Suber} which grows well at Fulham nor do 

 I know of any specimen near at hand. Neither the Fulham oak, 

 nor the Turkey oak with its mossy acorns, nor the beautiful American 



