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Shakspeave names the cherry in one or two of his 
plays; thus, in Henry the Eighth,— 
-“ ’Tis as like you 
As cherry is to cherry.” 
And again, in the Midsummer Night’s Dream, 
Helena, describing the close friendship subsisting be¬ 
tween herself and Hermia, says,— 
-“ So wc grew together 
Like to a double cherry; seeming parted, 
But yet a union in partition.’* 
Nor was the beautiful ruby tint of its fruit forgotten 
by the lover when he would sing his lady’s praises: — 
“ Her lippes soft and mery 
Emblomed like the chery.” 
And moreover, not only did its fruit furnish him with 
a comparison when he would extol her beauty, but its 
bark also supplied him with a tablet whereon to transcribe 
his admiration; at least, so says Evelyn. Such are his 
words: “ These pretty monuments of courtship, I find, 
