52 FLORA'S LEXICON, 



ANTERBURY BELL. Campanula Me- 

 dium. Class 5, Pentandria. Order : Mo- 

 nog ym a. This was a very fashionable plant 

 some thirty years ago, and is still cultivated. 

 It is used in Holland as an ornament to halls 

 and staircases, and for placing before fire- 

 places in the summer. For this purpose it 

 is planted in large pots, and is trained in such a manner as to 

 cover a large surface, and continues to flower for two or three 

 months in shady places. When in full flower it is a very mag- 

 nificent plant, rising in a pyramidal shape, not unlike that of the 

 towering pagoda. It may be trained to almost any shape, and 

 we presume that on this account it has been made the emblem 

 of gratitude. 



GRATITUDE. 



The benefits he sow'd in me, met not 

 Unthankful ground, but yielded him his own 

 With fair increase; and I still glory in it. 



Massinger. 



I find a pious gratitude disperse 

 Within my soul ; and every thought of him 

 Engenders a warm sigh within me, which, 

 Like curls of holy incense, overtake 

 Each other in my bosom, and enlarge 

 W T ith their embrace his sweet remembrance. 



Shirley. 



I have five hundred crowns, 

 The thrifty hire I saved under your father, 

 Which I did store, to be my foster nurse, 

 When service should in my old limbs lie lame, 

 And unregarded age in corners thrown; 

 Take that: and He that doth the ravens feed, 

 Yea providently caters for the sparrow, 

 Be comfort to my age. 



Shakspeare. 



