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And watch the tiny petals as they fall, 
Circling and winnowing down our sylvan hall.” 
The berries or haws , as they are called, have a very rich 
and coral-like look when the tree, standing alone, is com- 
pletely covered with them in October. There are some ele- 
gant varieties of this species, which highly deserve cultiva- 
tion for the beauty of their flowers and foliage. Among them 
we may particularly notice the Double White, with beau- 
tiful blossoms like small white roses; the Pink and the 
Scarlet flowering, both single and double, and the Yariegated- 
leaved hawthorn, all elegant trees ; as well as the Weeping 
hawthorn, a rarer variety, with pendulous branches. 
The Hawthorn is most agreeable to the eye in composition 
when it forms the undergrowth or thicket, peeping out in 
all its green freshness, gay blossoms, or bright fruit from be- 
neath and between the groups and masses of trees ; where, 
mingled with the hazel, etc., it gives a pleasing intricacy to 
the whole mass of foliage. But the different species display 
themselves to most advantage, and grow also to a finer size, 
when planted singly, or two or three together, along the 
walks leading through the different parts of the pleasure- 
ground or shrubbery. 
The Magnolia Tree. Magnolia . 
Nat. Ord. Magnoliacese. Lin. Syst. Polyandria, Polygynia. 
The North American trees composing the genus Magnolia 
are certainly among the most splendid productions of the for- 
ests in any temperate climate ; and when we consider the 
