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sea-cliff or naked mountain sides are the places where nature 

 teaches her first great lesson of the natural history of the 

 mineral kingdom. 



In order to illustrate geology it is intended that the ground 

 forming the cliffs, shores, banks and islands in this part of the 

 park shall ultimately be so constructed as to give, in a series 

 of views, a number of practical lessons in geology, tending to 

 make the essential facts of the science easily understood, 

 while, at the same time, they add to the picturesque beauty 

 of the scenery. 



The whole plan is not yet complete, but several sections 

 of coal fields, old red sandstone, carboniferous limestone, 

 millstone grits, <fcc., form very interesting and useful studies. 

 On one of the islands are the restorations of the extinct ani- 

 mals of the secondary period ; on another are those of the 

 tertiary period, &.C., after plans and models by Professor 

 Unsted. 



This brief account I fear will not convey a very clear and 

 distinct idea of the extent and variety of the features and de- 

 tails which have been gathered together in so short a space 

 of time, and arranged with such consummate skill and taste 

 by Sir Joseph Paxton ; which, together with the palace and 

 the treasures of art it contains, are richly worth a visit across 

 the Atlantic to those who have the time and means at their 

 disposal. 



THE JUNIPER, THE WHITE CEDAR, AND THE ARBORVITiE. 



BY WILSON FLAGG. 



Of the coniferous trees in our own woods, it remains to 

 speak of three more, that can hardly be said to bear their 

 fruit in a cone, but rather in a sort of berry. These are the 

 Juniper, the White Cedar, and the Arborvitas ; and the Yew 

 might be added, were it not that the American Yew is but 

 a prostrate shrub, like the dwarf juniper. It may be here 

 remarked, however, as a singular fact, that the yew, which 

 is a shrub on the Atlantic coast of America, becomes a tree 



