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THE HAWTHORN. 



whether a patch of snow, a white-washed cottage, 

 or a bush covered with blossom — into the fore- 

 ground of a picture : either of these would be 

 unsightly in itself, and would draw the eye of 

 the spectator too much away from the more 

 important features of the landscape ; but in 

 living nature it rarely produces this effect. Sir 

 T. D. Lauder, who dissents from the opinion 

 expressed by Gilpin, thinks that the Hawthorn, 



CO.\[3I0X HAWTHORN. 



even in a picturesque point of view, is not only 

 an interesting object by itself, but produces a 

 most interesting combination, or contrast, as things 

 may be, when grouped with other trees. 



