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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
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 
elegant varieties of this species, which highly deserve cul- 
tivation for the beauty of their flowers and foliage. Among 
them we may particularly notice the Double White, with 
beautiful blossoms like small white roses ; the Pink and the 
Scarlet flowering, both single and double, and the Varie- 
gated-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 compo- 
sition when it forms the undergrowth or thicket, peeping 
out in all its green freshness, gay blossoms, or bright fruit, 
from beneath 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 
forests in any temperate climate ; and when we consider 
