ANDRIA.

YACINTH. Hyacinthus. Class 6, Order: MONOGYNIA. The cinth, so celebrated in the songs of th ets, from the time of Homer to the pre day, is made emblematical of games play, in allusion to the fabulous origi

this flower, which, according to myt gists, sprang from the blood of Hyacinthus, who was killed quoit, through the agency of Zephyr, who blew it from its co as it passed from the hand of Apollo, and smote the unfortu youth on the head. Hurd mentions

The melancholy hyacinth that weeps

All night, and never lifts an eye all day;

probably in allusion to the melancholy fate of Hyacinthus.

PLAY.

Oh! mournful, graceful, sapphire-colour'd flower,
That keep'st thine eye for ever fix'd on earth!
Gentle and sad, a foe thou seem'st to mirth
What secret sorrow makes thee thus to lower?

Perhaps 't is that thy place thou canst not change,
And thou art pining at thy prison'd lot;

But oh! where couldst thou find a sweeter spot,
Wert thou permitted earth's wide bounds to range?

In pensive grove, meet temple for thy form,
Where, with her silvery music, doth intrude
The lucid stream, where nought unkind or rude
Durst break of harmony the hallow'd charm.

Thy beauties, all unseen by vulgar eyes,

Sol, in his brightness, still delights to view;
He clothes thy petals in his glorious hue,
To show how much of old he did thee prize.

ANON.

YDRANGER. Hydrangea Hortensis. Class 10, DECANDRIA. Order: DIGYNIA. The Chinese Guelder Rose is presented as an emblem of a boaster, because its magnificent flowers are never succeeded by a fruit, thus resembling the vaunting words of a braggadocia which are not followed by suitable results. It is a native of China and Japan, where it is cultivated in gardens. It was brought to England by Sir Joseph Banks in 1790.

BOASTER.

The honour is overpaid,

When he that did the act is commentator.

He that vaunts

SHIRLEY.

Of a received favour, ought to be

Punish'd as sacrilegious persons are,

'Cause he doth violate that sacred thing,
Pure, spotless honour.

CARTWRIGHT.

I'll turn two mincing steps

Into a manly stride: and speak of frays

Like a fine bragging youth; and tell quaint lies
How honourable ladies sought my love,

Which I denying, they fell sick and died:
I could not do with all:- then I will repent,
And wish, for all that, that I had not kill'd them,
And twenty of these puny lies I'll tell,

That men shall swear I have discontinued school
Above a twelvemonth.

SHAKSPEARE.

We rise in glory, as we sink in pride;
Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.

YOUNG.

CE PLANT. Mesembryanthemum Crystallinum. Class 12, ICOSANDRIA. Order: PENTAGYNIA. The leaves of this singular plant are covered with transparent vesicles full of water. When in the shade it seems to be gemmed with dew-drops; but when exposed to the burning sun, it appears scattered over with frozen crystals, which reflect with great brilliancy the rays of the sun; on this account it is commonly called ice plant.

YOUR LOOKS FREEZE ME.

With pellucid studs the ice-flower gems
His rising foliage, and his candied stems.

DARWIN.

Tell me, perhaps thou think'st in that sweet look
The white is beauty's native tapestry?

'Tis crystal, friend, iced in the frozen sea.

Be she constant, be she fickle,

Be she fire, or be she ice.

FLETCHER.

COTTON.

Those glances work on me like the weak shine
The frosty sun throws on the Appenine,
When the hills' active coldness doth go near
To freeze the glimmering taper to his sphere.

BEAUMONT.

Then, taught both impudence and wit,
I singled out my foe, used all the arts
That love could think upon, and in the end
Found a most absolute repulse.

SHIRLEY.

NDIAN CRESS, THREE-COLOUR Tropseolum Tricolorum. Class 8, Od DRIA. Order: MONOGYNIA. This ele plant is a native of Valparaiso; from wh it was introduced in 1828. The stri distinction and unrivalled brilliancy in colours of the flowers render this one of

most desirable of climbing plants. The gentle drooping of flowers have occasioned its adoption as an emblem of Resignat

RESIGNATION.

Passing the inclosure where the dead repose,
I saw, in sable weeds, a gentle pair
Lingering with fond regard at evening's close,
Beside a little grave fresh swelling there:

Silent they stood-serene their thoughtful air;
There fell no tear, no vain complaint arose ;
Faith seem'd to prompt the unutterable prayer,
And to their view the eternal home disclose.

Next Sabbath brought me where the flow'ret lay,
Record of high descent the marble bore,
Heir of a noble house and only stay:

And these words gather'd from the Bible's store-
The Lord hath given, the Lord hath ta'en away,
His holy name be blessed evermore.'

You shall be as a father to my youth,

ANON.

My voice shall sound as you do prompt mine ear;
And I will stoop and humble my intents
To your well-practised, wise directions.

SHAKSPEARE.

My other self, my counsel's consistory,

My oracle, my prophet! - My dear cousin,
I, as a child, will go by thy direction.

SHAKSPEARE.