being seedling plants, they expand their leaves at 
different times, and assume thereby various tints 
of green. In unpruned trees or bushes, where 
their natural character is truly developed, the 
branches of some are loose and spreading ; others 
round and compact ; some have an upright growth, 
and others give grace of outline by their pendulous 
habit. In the autumn, too, their diversity is ren- 
dered still more attractive. Their leaves change 
their hue at different times , some pertinaciously 
hold fast their wonted green, whilst others relin- 
quish it early, for a change of yellow. Their vari- 
able forms, and numerous tints of fruit and foliage, 
adorn the autumn in some parts of England, with 
a charm afforded by no other shrub or tree. 
Oaks — monarchs of the forest, make, on the 
contemplative mind, a different impression. They, 
however, like the Hawthorn, raised from seeds, 
resist, with variable power, the chilling breath of 
winter. Some, of delicate constitution, early betray 
the jaundiced tinge ; others, matured and vigorous, 
nobly defy the northern blast, till this destroyer, 
invigorated by draughts from the Arctic Ocean, 
returns like an assassin, in the night, and stains 
the monarch’s robe ; which, disdaining to wear, 
he flings at his feet, and challenges the freezing 
foe. 
The cultivation of this shrub demands so little 
attention, that it scarcely need be noticed. It is 
found in almost every soil and situation. We 
would mention that peculiar varieties, like the 
golden-fruited, are increased only by grafting, 
which is effected on stocks of the common sorts. 
