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place where they had been propagated with the greatest 
success.” 
The origin of the euphonious title of Caledonia, by 
which that tasteful people distinguished Scotland, arose, 
according to Sir William Temple, from the following 
circumstance: — “ The north-west part was called Cal- 
Dun, signifying hills of hazel, with which it was covered; 
from which the Romans, forming an easy and pleasant 
soimd out of what was harsh to their classical ear, gave 
it the name of Caledonia.” 
The hazel is amongst our earliest flowering trees; in 
mild seasons, its beautiful pendulous catkins show them- 
selves even in January. It is amongst trees what tire 
snowdrop is amongst flowers, the first herald of spring. 
To sum up briefly its claims in our regard, “ it makes 
up a prominent part of many a grove in the happiest 
manner;” it cheers us with its bloom ere “ the winter 
is over and gonein autumn it yields us “ fruit, plea¬ 
sant to the eyes, and good for food; ” it furnishes us 
with many poetical associations; it offers recreation to 
the young; and, more than all, in later years, the sight 
of it sends such a renewal of youthful feeling into the 
heart, that, for awhile at least, the present, with its 
perplexities and sorrows, is merged in the past, when 
