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likely to lefowid is important, and to this, our labour 

 of love, we now address ourselves. 



G-BOVES, G-AEDENS, AND WILD FLOWEES on these 

 blissful concomitants of the country we purpose to 

 dilate, through the varying phases of the changeful 

 months. We shall trace the opening buds disclosed 

 by each week in succession, whether on the mountain, 

 the plain, or the surgy margin of ocean ; we shall 

 pierce the intricacies of the solemn twilight grove, 

 whether decked with the ermine ruff of winter, or 

 robed in the umbrageous multitude of leaves that 

 sprightly summer presents to view ; and we shall gaze 

 upon the gems of the garden as in turn they glow 

 before the solar rays, with all the ardour of poetical 

 excitement. Thus the floral wreath we present, 

 will, we trust, have charms for all gazers, since we 

 propose to render it of general interest by the variety 

 of its tints and shades ; and if our course be some- 

 times erraticj we still hope to tempt the lovers of 

 nature to join us in our pilgrimage, while our indica- 

 tions will, at all times be useful to the practical 

 botanist, in whatever part of the year our pages may 

 be consulted. 



FLOWEES are almost the first objects that delight the 

 infant sight, and permanently impress the memory 

 " We but begin to live from that fine point 

 Which Memory dwells on with the morning star, 

 The earliest note we heard the Cuckoo sing, 

 Or the first Daisy that we ever pluck? d; 

 When thoughts themselves were stars, and birds, and 

 flowers ! "* 



Aye from the toddling infant, who from his first 

 sit-down among the grass, instinctively " plucks the 



James Montgomery. 



