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HAWTHORN, OR WHITE THORN. 

 CRAT^EGUS. 



Natural order, Pomacece. Rosacece, Juss. A 

 genus of the Icosandria Digynia class. 



" Now let me sit beneath the whitening thorn, 

 And mark thy spreading tints steal o'er the dale : 

 And watch with patient eye 

 Thy fair unfolding charms." 



MRS. BARBAULD* 



" Gives not the hawthorn-bush a sweeter shade 

 To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep, 

 Than doth a rich embroidered canopy 

 To kings, that fear their subjects' treachery ! 

 O ! yes, it doth ; a thousand fold it doth." 



SHAKSPEARE, 



" And every shepherd tells his tale 

 Under the hawthorn in the dale." 



MILTON. 



THE garland of Flora does not possess a 

 more charming blossom than this British 

 hedge beauty; nor do the most luxurious 

 spices of Asia, give a more grateful perfume 



