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oquifolium, and we pi-efer to see it, as he does, growing 

 not in a thick-set aad impenetrable hedge of a regular 

 length, breadth, and height, but in the freedom of the 

 forest. On the beach called the Holmestone, within the 

 district of Dungeness, there is still a very large number 

 of Holly bushes growing. Within the memory of persons 

 still living in the neighbourhood, there wore large Holly 

 trees there, but they have been cut down and carried 

 awaj'-, and the highest of those now existing do not 

 exceed fifteen feet. It is believed that these Hollies were 

 originally planted on this beach, and it is said that at one 

 time herons used to build their nests in them. — Ed. 



The Hawthorn should not entirely be passed 

 over amidst the minuter plants of the forest, 

 though it has little claim to picturesque beauty. 

 In song, indeed, the shepherd may with propriety 



' TeU his tale 

 Under the Hawthorn in the dale.' 



But when the scenes of Nature are presented to 

 the eye, it is but a poor appendage. Its shape is 

 bad. It does not taper and point hke the Holly, 

 but is rather a matted, round, heavy bush. Its 

 fragrance indeed is great ; but its bloom, which 

 is the source of that fragrance, is spread over it 

 in too much profusion. It becomes a mere white 



