CHAPTER IV. 



and rain.-Self-restoratiTe powen of the hut Hidden ton. The 

 fungus and Us wort Use of the woodpecker and titmouse. How to 

 ntflne tree-stamps. The Cole Titmouse. Owl-house and seat. Dry- 

 n*. When to paint timber. Oaken gates of the old tower. Com- 

 maid over tows. How to make the holly grow qukklj The holly as 

 a hedge-tne Pheasotmrtrases, Artificial pheasantsT-The poachers 

 outwitted. Waterton's power of tree-climbing. An aerial study. 

 AsmdiBg and descending tree*, Church and State trees. The yew. 

 A protection against cold winds. Yew hedge at back of gateway. 

 The Starling Tower. Famffiaritj of the birds. The Pknk or Grotto. 

 Watertons hospitality. "The Squire" A decayed mill and aban- 

 doned stone. The stone lifted ofl the ground by a hazel nut. 



WATEETOX'S love of trees almost amounted to veneration. L-^ of 

 He studied their ways as minutely and as accurately as he 

 did those of the animal world, and in consequence he could 

 do more with trees than any one else. By patient observa- 

 tion cf their modes of growth, he knew how to plant them 

 in the locality hest suited for themselves, how to encourage 

 them, and, if they were injured, to reduce their damage to 

 a minimum. 



Many a fine tree has he shown me which would have 

 been long ago condemned by ignorant men, but which was 

 then flourishing in full growth, and in such renewed health 

 that scarcely a scar was left in the bark to show the spot 

 on which the injury had occurred. 



One of his triumphs in this art was to be seen by a 

 splendid poplar situated nearly opposite the picturesque 



