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DIFF~J:l.~1iT KINDS .01' TI~:SR:R, E.TC. 115lrelaod~ T4e witch..elm holds its place, geRerally, in France. Theçlimate does 110t seem congenial to the Chester poplar. T~lC Hun..tingdon willow does weIl, and the white aspen better stil1*.In pointof 1uxuri(mÇ.~, how~ver, of growth and foliage, the Carolina poplarexceeds them aU. The deciduous oali would do weIl. Ils leaf issplall, bQt it ha.s plQch the aJ1pearanÇ.e of being our sirrgle..shoot orLUÇ.pmbe oa.k, whichhas spread out of Devonshire. It keeps its leavcs .eq4ally long.The e\'e]:g{~en'oak is the weed of the wastes here, butvery inlpqrtant, aswilf be. seen in its place, as an articJ~ in manufae..!ur~.Tlle fil' indiÇ.ates deterioration, and the juniperutter debasementtal·tla:PtlgÀ, ..;j\lgee.d, it is hard to decide the palm between them.itself, sinülar in its blQonüng to what wecaU French,p(~~~l ~..:Eurze pr~sentsb4t ~iffering inotb~.rre~pe.Ç.;~§~ Our nat.ive.kindbloQxns in, aut.umn.:MThite~~hopl.is in the, .feI).ce§ : .and ;;a. ;l};lost formidable guard here·Comc.siO,ilid, the,pali\ill'us with its double thorns; one to .repel attack, anothcrt.okeeP c;aptive if forced; one straight, the other .hooked. Propertymay bid defiance to trespass, ifstlch a protector is cultivated as hede~erves. Theqrdinary name theplantgoes by is ,lIpinas. Winter isnot the tiUlcfor attainil)g botanicallights. The acacia might be availedof;fgr; aimil.9-r purpose. This paliurus beal's a blossom like the hop.The wastçs pr(fsé~ntQriar and black..thorn; a formidable plant here;and abounder them lavender, thj'me, sage, and wild carrot and fennelin quantities.-Thefir whichoccupies the soil here is the stone"'pinekind; bad, atfange to say, even to burn, which IS hard to conceive bysuch as have not tried the experiment. This· howevet IS the characterit bears among its neigbb