448 NATUIiAL mSTORY OF PLANTS. 



^Tow in the open air in our climate. From early spring our parterres 

 are ma^niilicontly adorned by the simple or double flowers of various 

 species of Pear, Apple, Quince, Cherry, Plum, Almond, Peach, 

 Spinea, and Kerr in. The Hawthorns, Service-trees, Cofoneasfer, the 

 eastern species of Gcum and Potcnfilla, even GUJcnia and the Agri- 

 monies, blossom in our gardens ; and the Roses still retain their 

 phice in the eyes of many besides artists and poets, as the sweetest, 

 the most beautiful of flowers. 





