THE HORNBEAM. 



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be the case with these young folks^ either by 

 any thing wild in their conduct^ or rude in 

 their conversation. — Mr. Burton, I think the 

 Filbert is a shrub of this family ; is it not ?" 



It is. Madam, a variety of the common 

 nut : but it grows more like a tree, and bears 

 larger fruit, the husk of which is longer con- 

 siderably than that of the woodnut. There 

 is also another variety, called the Cob Nut, 

 which is the largest of the species, and round, 

 with a very hard shell." 



THE HORNBEAM. 



" This tree^ as we may well call it, with its 

 fine straight trunk, and glossy green leaves, is 

 a Hornbeam. It bears flowers, like the hazel. 



