14 FLORA'S LEXICON. 



CACIA ROSE. Robinia Hispida. Class 

 17, Diadelphia. Order : Decandria. Art 



has produced nothing that may vie in fresh- 

 ness and in elegance of appearance with 

 this beautiful flowering shrub; its inclining 

 branches, — the gaiety of its verdure, — its 

 clusters of rose-coloured flowers, like bows 

 of ribands, hung on branches clothed with hairs of a reddish 

 brown, never fail to excite admiration, and have combined to ren- 

 der it a proper emblem of elegance. Its appearance has been 

 compared to that of an elegant female in her ball dress. 



ELEGANCE. 



The fairness of her face no tongue can tell, 

 For she the daughters of all women's race, . 

 And angels eke, in beautie doth excel, 

 Sparkled on her from God's own glorious face, 

 And more increast by her own goodly grace, 

 That it doth far exceed all human thought, 

 Ne can on earth compared be to aught. 



Spenser. 



There's no miniature 

 In her face, but is a copious theme, 

 Which would, discours'd at large of, make a volume. 

 What clear arch'd brows ! what sparkling eyes ! the lilies 

 Contending with the roses in her cheeks, 

 Who shall most set them off. W T hat ruby lips; — 

 Or unto what can I compare her neck, 

 But to a rock of crystal 1 Every limb 

 Proportion'd to love's wish, and in their neatness 

 Add lustre to the richness of her habit, 

 Not borrow'd from it. 



Massinger. 



