THEIR PROPERTIES, &C; 11$ 



ment to the oak, the chefnut, and other park trees. 

 It is alfo very proper to be planted by the fides of 

 walks in the grove ; few plants thriving better 

 in the fhade of other trees. Many of the varie- 

 gated kinds do equally well in fuch fituations, 

 though their colours do not appear fo ftriking as 

 when expofed. 



The timber of the Holly is very valuable. It is 

 chiefly ufed in inlaying and fineering, and by turn- 

 ers : it is almoft as white as ivory. Birdlime 

 is made from the bark of holly. 



THE YEW. 

 (Taxus baccata.) 



The Yew is found native in different parts 

 both of England and Scotland. As an ornamen- 

 tal tree, it is lefs in repute than it has formerly 

 been. Neverthelefs, it will be allowed that an 

 aged Yew is a ftriking and interefting object. It 

 arrives at a great fize, and lives for many centu- 

 ries. Whoever has feen thofe at Fotheringall 

 and Kincardine in Perthfhire, and at Himly- 

 hall in Staffordfhire, will allow an aged yew to be 

 * very pifturefque tree. * , :'<*** 



The Yew has been cried down as a ftandard in 

 pafture grounds, on account of the poifonous na- 

 ture of its leaves ; but this is not a fufficient reafon 

 for entirely difcarding it, fmce a tree or two might 



H* be 



