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they are now in the early season. It is a very 
ornamental tree in the shrubbery and in woods, 
and is esteemed valuable, as encouraging the 
various species of thrush. 
The wild cherry tree, by careful cultivation, 
will yield agreeable and excellent fruit, in lieu of 
the dry berries which it bears naturally. So 
the human intellect, if uncultivated, will be 
filled with tares and weeds ; but, if trained with 
the hand of tender solicitude, and just senti- 
ments and opinions sown upon the soil, it will 
bring forth the fruit of uprightness, and inte- 
grity, and obtain for the individual consequent 
respect and esteem. 
GOODNESS. 
BONUS HENRICUS, OR GOOSE-FOOT. 
Tue French people have given the name of 
their beloved king, Henry IV., to a beneficent 
and useful plant, which grows for the poor, and 
indeed seems exclusively to belong to them. 
In France it flourishes without any cultivation, 
and forms the asparagus and spinach of the poor; 
in England it is known also as wild spinach. 
The leaves are said to be of great service when 
applied to wounds. Happy is that king who 
deserves a homage so universal and so simple! 



