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of this wood, and point their arrows with 

 one of it's thorns. It's tap-root, when cleared 

 of the bark, has an agreeable perfume. 



We are told, in Martin's edition of Miller, 

 that Sir George Saville had, in 1807, planted 

 many thousands of these trees at Rufford ; 

 and we feel confident that they will ultimately 

 benefit his estate, notwithstanding the cha- 

 racter given them by most English writers, 

 that their branches are subject to be broken 

 by the winds in summer. We have sren 

 them so shattered in situations injudiciously 

 chosen, while on the banks of the Thames, 

 and in other sheltered spots, we have remarked 

 them of more considerable age and magnitude 

 than even in France. 



The Acacia Robinia seems particularly 

 adapted to ornament the modern villa ; it's 

 light and loose foliage, that pleasingly admits 

 the light, seems to harmonize better with the 

 trellis work of the viranda than any other 

 flowering tree, while the grace of it's bend, and 

 the gaiety of it's head, correspond with the 

 nicety and cheerfulness of this style of building, 

 which has of late years so greatly embellished 

 our country. Nothing, perhaps, displays more 

 conspicuously than this the liberty of the peo- 

 ple, and the equity of the laws that protect the 

 lone cottage, more securely than any ramparts 



