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lified for beautifying forest scenery. It is very 

 hardy, grows well under the drip of large trees, and 

 almost any soil will suit it. It may he planted in 

 pits when two or three years old, any time from No- 

 vember to March. If any of the plants appear to 

 be sickly the first summer after they are planted, 

 they should be headed down the following spring 

 within two inches of the ground. This will make 

 them grow up bushy, a property very desirable in 

 underwood. Four or five years after planting, the 

 laburnum will begin to blossom. Its large clusters 

 of bright yellow flowers have an extremely cheerful 

 aspect in the deep solitude of a wood. 



The Sweet-briar is another very ornamental plant, 

 though of more humble growth than the last. It is 

 likewise a flowering shrub, bearing a rose in July, the 

 fruit of which is a large dark red berry that hangs 

 upon and beautifies the bush during the greater 

 part of the winter. The leaves of the sweet-briar 

 have a very agreeable smell, and when wet with the 

 morning or evening dews, or with rain, they fiU the 

 air with their sweetness. Three or four years may 

 be allowed to the sweet-briar in the nursery, in 

 which it should be once transplanted before remov- 

 ing it to adorn the forest. It should be planted in 

 pits, its branches being first shortened to two inches 



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