d so suitable to the English soil that it is grown everywhere,
and everywhere asserts itself as the king of evergreen trees, whether
grown as a single tree on a lawn, or mixed in large numbers with other
trees, as at Highclere Park, in Hampshire (Lord Carnarvon's). Among
English Cedar trees there are probably none that surpass the fine
specimens at Warwick Castle, which owe, however, much of their beauty to
their position on the narrow strip of land between the Castle and the
river. I mention these to call attention to the pleasant coincidence
(for it is nothing more) that the most striking descriptions of the
Cedar are given by Shakespeare to the then owner of the princely Castle
of Warwick (Nos. 3 and 4).

The mediaeval belief about the Cedar was that its wood was imperishable.
"Haec Cedrus, A{e} sydyretre, et est talis nature quod nunquam putrescet
in aqua nec in terra" (English Vocabulary--15th cent.); but as a timber
tree the English-grown Cedar has not answered to its old reputation, so
that Dr. Lindley called it "the worthless though magnificent Cedar of
Lebanon."

CHERRY.

(1) _Helena._

So we grew together,
Like to a double Cherry, seeming parted,
But yet a union in partition;
Two lovely berries moulded on one stem.

_Midsummer Night's Dream_, act iii, sc. 2 (208).

(2) _Demetrius._

O, how ripe in show
Thy lips, those kissing Cherries, tempting grow!

_Ibid._, act iii, sc. 2 (139).

(3) _Constance._

And it' grandam will
Give it a Plum, a Cherry, and a Fig.

_King John_, act ii, sc. 1 (161).

(4) _Lady._

'Tis as like you
As Cherry is to Cherry.

_Henry VIII_, act v, sc. 1 (170).

(5) _Gower._

She with her neeld composes
Nature's own shape of bud, bird, branch, or berry;
That even her art sisters the natural Roses,
Her inkle, silk, twin with the rubied Cherry.

_Pericles_, act v, chorus (5).

(6) _Dromio of Syracuse._

Some devils ask but the paring of one's nail,
A Rush, a hair, a drop of blood, a pin,
A Nut, a Cherry-stone.

_Comedy of Errors_, act iv, sc. 3 (72).

(7) _Queen._

Oh, when
The twynin