224 FLORA'S LEXICON. 



HORTLE-BERRY. Vaccinium Myrtillus. 

 Class 8, Octandria. Order: Monogynia. 

 This emblem of treason is only found on 

 dreary heaths and mountainous situations, 

 where its fruit has often been used to dis- 

 guise the face of the proscribed. The 

 Whortleberry is probably more generally 



diffused over the United States than any other berry or fruit. It 



is a favourite at all tables. 



TREASON. 



Come, stain your face with whortle-berry. 



Anon. 



Smooth runs the water, where the brook is deep, 

 And in his simple show he harbours treason. 

 The fox barks not, when he would steal the lamb. 



Shakspeare. 



He therefore wisely cast about, 



All ways he could, t' ensure his throat, 



And hither came, t' observe and smoke 



What courses other riskers took; 



And to the utmost do his best 



To save himself, and hang the rest. 



Butler. 



How safe is treason, and how sacred ill, 

 When none can sin against the people's will; 

 Where crowds can wink and no offence be known, 

 Since in another's guilt they find their own. 



Dryden. 



Is there not some chosen curse, 

 Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven 

 Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, 

 Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin? 



Addison. 



