98 FLORA'S LEXICON. 



ICKORY. Carya alba. Class 21, Monge- 

 cia. Order: Polyandria. The Hickory 

 is found in most parts of the United States, 

 and also produces nuts of excellent quality, 

 which are everywhere well known. The 

 wood of the Hickories, of which we have 

 eight species, possesses gTeat weight, 

 strength and tenacity, but decays speedily when exposed to heat 

 and moisture, and consequently is unfit for architectural purposes. 



GLORY. 



How sleep the brave, who sink to rest 

 By all their country's wishes bless'd ! 

 When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, 

 Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, 

 She there shall dress a sweeter sod 

 Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. 



By fairy hands their knell is rung; 

 By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; 

 There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, 

 To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; 

 And Freedom shall awhile repair, 

 To dwell a weeping hermit there. 



Collins. 



Glory is like a circle in the water, 



Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, 



Till by broad spreading, it disperse to nought. 



SlIAKSPEARE. 



Real glory 

 Springs from the silent conquest of ourselves ; 

 And without that the conqueror is nought 

 But the first slave. 



Thomson. 



