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tosh and the Oak of Cameron. The Hazel 

 Tree, from its nuts, you are no doubt well ac- 

 quainted with ; it never attains the height of 

 a timber tree. The wood it produces is very 

 useful. Early in spring it hangs out its curious 

 fruit-flowers, or catkins, in which the bright 

 crimson dots make a beautiful appearence. 

 Walking Canes, Fishing Rods, and Charcoal, 

 are made from this wood. It is the badge of the 

 Highland Clan Colquhoun. 



Here is also the Mulberry, upon whose leaves 

 the Silk Worm feeds, as well as Indian Corn, 

 about the dissemination of whose pollen, Flint 

 says, that nothing is more charming, consider- 

 ing it the most beautiful vegetation that any 

 can offer. When the southwest breeze whis- 

 pers, and a slight humidity inspires a voluptu- 

 ous languor, in riding by these noble fields of 

 maize, the pollen floats along the forest spikes, 

 like a delicious shower of aroma, with a fra- 

 grance more delightful than ever breezed from 

 the spicy fields of Araby the blest. Then the 

 the different kinds of maize growing near each 

 other are intermixed upon the same ear. What 

 is called the silk of the ear conveys this pollen 

 to the kernel and fructifies it. When there is 



