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THE HAWTHORN. 



It lias also been stated that it miglit be sub- 

 stituted for Box-wood as a material for wood- 

 engraving, in case of any deficiency in the supply 

 of the preferable, but more costly wood. It is 

 often spoiled through inattention after cutting ; 

 if it be allowed to lie in entire logs or trunks, 

 it soon heats and becomes quite brittle and 

 worthless ; it ought, therefore, to be cut up 

 immediately into planks, and laid to dry. 



Remarkable trees of this species are — one men- 

 tioned by Jesse, in Dulham Park, Suffolk, which 

 is well worthy of notice, from its great size, anti- 

 quity, and the curious manner in which it grows ; 

 one at Kinkarochie, in the parish of Scone, in 

 Perthshire, which in 1795 measured nine feet in 

 circumference ; another at Duddingstone, in the 

 county of Edinbui^gh, which measures nine feet 

 at three feet above the ground, and a little way 

 above the roots, twelve feet round. The last two 

 are mentioned by Sir T. D. Lauder. 



But the most remarkable tree, next to the 

 Glastonbury Thorn already noticed, is the Hethel 

 Thorn, of which the folloAving account is given by 

 Grigor in his Eastern Arboretum, 



^' It stands in a field adjoining the church, the 

 property of Hudson Gurney, Esq., and though 

 it still greets the May -morn with its profuse and 

 odoriferous blossoms, and bears' a T)lentiful crop 

 of fruit like the others, it is invested with a 

 character differing materially from that of the 

 species in general, arising from its extreme old 

 age. In looking upon it, one would sujDpose it 

 had been here for thousands of years : and, in- 

 deed, if the common tradition of the place is to 

 be relied upon, it must be acknowledged to be. 



