WILD CHERRY. 167 



smooth leafless branches, spotted with white, at the end 

 of which are buds swelled for the next year's shoot, and 

 which give to the parent tree a bold and fine appearance. 



WILD CHEKBY, ETC. 



Observe the beauty of that wild cherry-tree, growing 

 beside the hawthorn, and which 



" hangs her flag 

 In snowy splendour from the crag," 



flinging alternate shades and sunbeams on the carpet of 

 green moss that extends beneath. This tree, which affects 

 a sandy soil and elevated place of growth, often looks down 

 above a labyrinth of waving branches, when bursting into 

 leaf, and inviting the wild bee from her nest. Children 

 gather the gum in spring, climbing the craggy pathway 

 that leads to their favourite tree : you may hear their merry 

 voice ringing through the dell, and the hurried steps of 

 the frightened squirrel, as he bounds from branch to 



