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variety of the common hawthorn which Sears 

 large oblong haws of a bright scarlet colour, 

 should also be planted for effect in winter; 

 as its red fruit is often seen shining through 

 the snow-bedecked branches with peculiar 

 beauty. But the lovers of nature will always 

 find charms in plants. Philips writes to the 

 Earl of Dorset, from Copenhagen, 



" Soon as the silent shades of night withdrew, 

 The ruddy morn disclosed at once to view 

 The face of nature in a rich disguise, 

 And brighten' d every object to my eyes; 

 For every shrub, and every blade of grass 

 And every pointed thorn seem'd wrought in glass ; 

 In pearls and rubies rich the hawthorns show, 

 While through the ice the crimson berries glow." 



It has often created our suprise that men 

 who expend large sums of money in forming 

 gardens of pleasure, and much time in select- 

 ing plants, should bestow no time or atten- 

 tion on botany, which would add so materi- 

 ally to the gratification which flowers give 

 them ; for without some slight knowledge of 

 this science, they cannot enjoy the works of 

 nature, because they do not know where to 

 look, or the utility of what they look at. The 

 botanist looks into the flowers of the haw- 

 thorn not only to observe the stigma and to 

 count the chives which surround it ; but he 



