192 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



The following lines descriptive of the English species, we 

 extract from the " Romance of Nature :" 



" Come let us rest this hawthorn tree beneath, 

 And breathe its luscious fragrance as it flies, 

 And watch the tiny petals as they fall, 

 Circling and winnowing down our sylvan hall." 



The berries or haws, as they are called, have a very rich 

 and coral-like look when the tree, standing alone, is com- 

 pletely covered with them in October. There are some ele- 

 gant varieties of this species, which highly deserve cultiva- 

 tion for the beauty of their flowers and foliage. Among them 

 we may particularly notice the Double flowering, with beau- 

 tiful blossoms like small white roses ; the Pink flowering, 

 the Scarlet flowering, and the Variegated-leaved Hawthorn, 

 all elegant trees ; as well as the Weeping hawthorn, a rarer 

 variety, with pendulous branches. 



The Hawthorn is most agreeable to the eye in composition 

 when it forms the undergrowth or thicket, peeping out in 

 all its green freshness, gay blossoms, or bright fruit, from be- 

 neath and between the groups and masses of trees; where, 

 mingled with the hazel, etc., it gives a pleasing intricacy to 

 the whole mass of foliage. But the different species display 

 themselves to most advantage, and grow also to a finer size, 

 when planted singly, or two or three together, along the 

 walks leading through the different parts of the pleasure- 

 ground or shrubbery. 



The Magnolia Tree. Magnolia. 



Nat, Ord. Magnoliacese. Lin. Syst. Polyandria, PoJygynia. 



The North American trees composing the genus Magnolia 

 are certainly among the most splendid productions of the for- 



