VOICES FROM THE WOODLANDS. 



chyma above the lower epidermis ; and when the produce of 

 this area is consumed, it gnaws asunder the cords of its 

 tent, and pitches it again at a short distance. When the 

 creature attains its full growth, it assumes the pupa state, 

 and after a while issues out of its confinement, a small 

 brown moth, with long hind legs, the Pkalcena Tinea ser- 

 ratella of Linnseus. 



CRAB-TREE. 



Crab -trees flourish better on declivities, and in shady 

 places, than in open pastures. Their delicately blended 

 pink and white blossoms render them more exquisitely 

 beautiful, either collectively or individually, than the 

 common apple. And yet the orchards of this country 

 present a combination of fragrance and of beauty, in the 

 month of May, that is unrivalled throughout the vegetable 

 world. 



Ascend to the summit of Malvern hill, or some bold 



