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NGELICA. Angelica. Class 5, PENTANDRIA. Order 2: DIGYNIA. This plant is named angelica in allusion to its agreeable smell and medicinal qualities. It has winged leaves divided into large segments; its stalks are hollow and jointed, the flowers

grow in an umbel upon the tops of the stalks, and consist of five leaves, succeeded by two large channelled seeds. Archangelica is sometimes cultivated in gardens for its leaf-stalks, to be blanched and eaten as celery, or candied with sugar. In Lapland, where it is also found, it is used to crown poets, who fancy themselves inspired by its agreeable odour.

INSPIRATION.

My fancy form'd thee of angelic kind.

РОРЕ.

Amid the burning stars of night I saw
A brighter glory-for thy spirit shone
Through the clear heavens all beautiful, alone,
And fill'd my heart with rapture and with awe.
I heard thy voice-blest who their Maker's law
Within their inmost soul in peace enthrone,
For this celestial world is all their own;
No earthly gaud hath ever power to draw
Downward their brighter gaze-Oh! be thou one!
Thou whom I loved upon that lower scene,

Soar up and join me!-dark clouds swept between-
The stars were veil'd-the radiant light was gone-
Yet, Angel Spirit! when earth's shadows flee,
On hope's immortal wing I trust to follow thee.
ANON.

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TAGYNIA.

PPLE BLOSSOM. Pyrus. Class 12, PENOrder: ICOSANDRIA. What is more enchanting to the lover of nature than the apple-tree when clad with its beautiful bloom in the early spring? and the more, that they hold forth the promise of an abundance of delicious fruit. The apple bloom is indeed a charming flower, and by some is preferred before the

rose.

PREFERENCE.

The lasses aw wonder'd what Willy could see,
In yen that was dark and hard-featur'd like me;

And they wonder'd ay mair when they talk'd o' my wit,
And slily telt Willy, that could'nt be it:

But Willy he laugh'd, and he made me his wife,
And whea was mair happy thro' aw his lang life?
Its e'en my great comfort, now Willy is geane,
That he often said, nea pleace was like his awn heame.

I mind when I carried my wark to yon stile,
Where Willy was dyking, the time to beguile,
He would fling me a daisy to put i' my breast,
And I hammer'd my noddle to make out a jest:
But merry or grave, Willy often would tell,

There was nin o' the lave that was like my awn sel;
And he spake what he thought, for I'd hardly a plack
When we married, and nobbet ae gown to my back.

When the clock had struck eight, I expected him heame,
And wheyles went to meet him as far as Dumleane;
Of aw hours it telt, eight was dearest to me,
But now when it strikes, there's a tear i' my e'e.
O Willy! dear Willy! it never can be,

That age, time, or death, can divide thee and me;
For that spot on the earth, that's aye dearest to me,
Is the turf that has cover'd my Willy frae me.

GILPIN.

RBOR VITÆ, or TREE OF LIFE. Thuja. Class 21, MONŒECIA. Order: MONADELPHIA. Thuja, the name of a tree, whose very durable wood served, according to Theophrastus, to make images. Its roots, in particular, being curiously twisted or veined, were used for the most valuable ornamental works. This plant was probably the Juniperus Oxycedrus, very common throughout Greece and the Archipelago, of which it is supposed on good authority that the most ancient statues were made. Our present genus of Thuja has nothing in common with this classical plant, except being an aromatic evergreen tree of the same order, with very durable wood; but it is not a native of Greece or the Levant.

LIVE FOR ME.

“Hafed, my own beloved lord,”
She kneeling cries" first, last adored!
If in that soul thou'st ever felt

Half what thy lips impassion'd swore,
Here, on my knees, that never knelt
To any but their God before,

I pray thee, as thou lovest me, fly,
Now, now-ere yet their blades are nigh.
Oh haste-the bark that bore me hither
Can waft us o'er yon darkening shore,
East-west-alas, I care not whither,
So thou art safe and I with thee!
Go where ye will, this hand in thine,
Those eyes before me smiling thus,
Through good and ill, through storm and shine,
The world's a world of love for us!

On some calm, blessed shore we'll dwell,
Where 'tis no crime to love too well."

MOORE.

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SH. Fraxinus. Class 2, DIANDRIA. Order: MONOGYNIA. There is a singular allegory in the Edda, which states that the gods hold their court under the shade of a miraculous ash, whose extensive branches shadow the whole surface of the earth; the

top of the tree touches the heavens, and its roots descend to the regions of Pluto. An eagle constantly reposes on the tree, to observe every thing, and a squirrel continually ascends and descends to make report. Beneath its roots flow two fountains. In the one wisdom is concealed, and in the other is found the knowledge of things to come. Three virgins are entrusted with the charge of this sacred tree, who ever remain under its branches to refresh the tree with these salutary waters, which, on falling back on the earth, form a dew that produces honey. This effect has been ingeniously compared to the results of inventive science.

GRANDEUR.

Nay, I know not.

There are some qualities that women have
Which are less worthy, but which warm us more
Than speaking of their virtues. I remember
The fair Giovanna in her pride at Naples.
Gods! what a light enveloped her! She left
Little to shine in history-but her beauty
Was of that order that the universe

Seem'd govern'd by her motion. Men look'd on her
As if her next step would arrest the world;

And as the sea-bird seems to rule the wave

He rides so buoyantly, all things around her-
The glittering army, the spread gonfalon,
The pomp, the music, the bright sun in heaven-
Seem'd glorious by her leave.

WILLIS.

SPEN TREE. Populus Tremulus. Class 12, DIŒCIA. Order: POLYANDRIA. Popular tradition states that the cross was made from this tree, and that since the Passion of our Saviour, the leaves have never known rest. The vibratory motion of the leaves is indeed curious, and never fails to attract the attention of the observer. It arises from the length and slenderness of the footstalks to which they are attached.

EXCESSIVE SENSIBILITY.

Why tremble so, broad aspen tree?
Why shake thy leaves ne'er ceasing?
At rest thou never seem'st to be,

For when the air is still and clear,
Or when the nipping gale increasing,
Shakes from thy boughs soft twilight's tear,
Thou tremblest still, broad aspen tree,

And never tranquil seem'st to be.

ANON.

Our sensibilities are so acute,

The fear of being silent makes us mute.

COWPER.

The soul of music slumbers in the shell,

Till waked and kindled, by the master's spell;
And feeling hearts-touch them but lightly-pour
A thousand melodies unheard before!

Oh! life is a waste of wearisome hours,

ROGERS.

Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns ;

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers,

Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.

MOORE.

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