LIVERPOOL AND WIREAL. 



population, not to mention the over-zeal of the practical 

 botanist. But other stations are met with for the natural 

 tenants of the soil ; and occasionally the labour of the botanist 

 is further rewarded by the discovery of plants formerly un- 

 known in the locality. All these causes are in operation here. 

 With increasing commerce, land has been built upon or con- 

 verted into docks, which was wont in former days to supply 

 plants for the 1iortv>% siccus. 



" Nature never did belray 

 The heart that loved her ; ' lis her privilege 

 Through all the years of this our life, to lead 

 From joy to joy : for she can so inform 

 The mind that is within us, so impress 

 With quietness and beauty, and so feed 

 With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, 

 Rash judgments, nor the sneers of sel68h men. 

 Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all 

 The dreary intercourse of daily life, 

 Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb 

 Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold 

 Is full of blessings." ft 



WoEDSWOKTH. 



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