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professed design of the present chapter. I cannot, 

 however, resist the temptation of mentioning some 

 others, which are well calculated for beautifying a 

 plantation, though they may appear still more remote 

 from the purpose in hand than any I have yet noticed. 



Many of the hardier species of flowers, both bul- 

 bous and fibrous rooted, which in general are culti- 

 vated only in the garden or pleasure-ground, may 

 be introduced with excellent effect as ornaments to 

 the forest. Of these, all the common varieties of 

 the Cowslip and Primrose, will grow wherever trees 

 are found in a thriving state. These simple flowers 

 blow early in spring, and are in full perfection when 

 the grassy sod on which they recline has just as- 

 sumed its vernal hue. Nothing can be more enticing 

 than their appearance at this early season of the year, 

 or contribute more to render a stroll in the woods de- 

 lightful. They sometimes spring up naturally, 

 especially by the sides of running streams ; but as 

 their plants are easily procured, they may, at little 

 more expense than is incurred by putting them into 

 the ground, be propagated in any plantation where 

 this is not the case. They will hold, if transplanted, 

 at almost any season of the year, when the drought 

 is not excessive, or when the earth is not hardened 

 with frost. 



