It is very advantageous to the shmbbery to 
possess some such trees and sbmbs as the Mespi- 
lus grandiflora ; that is, such as produce a double 
interest. We have drawings prepared of some 
species of Crategus, Ilex, &c., whose finit, like this 
Mespilus, becomes as ornamental as their flowers ; 
and although the frait of very few of such shrubs 
may be grateful to the palate of the proprietor, 
there will not be wanting for it numerous appli- 
cants, when frost has locked up, or a protracted 
winter exhausted, many of the sources of food 
resorted to by the blackbird, the thnish, and a mul- 
titude of minor dependants on the bounty of Him 
who spreads out, as it rvere, a perennial repast for 
their necessities and enjoyments. There are very 
few, we believe, who can walk over their own 
domains, enjoy the pleasures of its scenery, and the 
variety of its vegetable productions, without at the 
same time feeling some inward satisfaction, that 
even the feathered inhabitants which surround 
him are partakers of his hospitality — that he has 
assisted, in some slight degree, in aiding the gra- 
cious purposes of that Providence on which he him- 
self is so totally dependant. 
No difficulty arises in the culture of the Mespi- 
lus grandiflora, for it will flourish in any good 
garden soil when once properly planted. It may 
be raised from seeds if desired, but it is more 
generally projragated by grafting it on stocks of the 
common Medlar or Hawthorn, and these may, of 
course, be chosen of any height that is desired. 
It may be increased, also, by layering of the young 
branches, but they make root rather slowly. 
