216 THE HAWTHORN. 



removing the rind^ and a sheet of fine sand paper 

 to remove inequalities in the surface.* 



ith the exception that a strong fermented 

 liquor may be made from hav^'s, neither the blos- 



THE HAW-FIXCK. 



som nor the fruit has been applied to any impor- 

 tant use by man : but the flowers as well as the 

 leaves afford sustenance to a variety of insects : and 

 the haws, which are followed, as to the time of 

 ripenmg, by the berries of the Ivy, and those again 

 by the berries of the Mistletoe, produce an abun- 

 dant supply of food to the feathered tribe during 



* I am indebted for this idea to a letter in the Gardeners* Ma- 

 gazine, rii. 234, by the Rev. T. W. Bree. 



