SUN-FLOWER. SfTl 



All (lay, all night, in tractless wilds alone 

 She pin'd, and taught the list'niiig rocks her moan. 

 On the bare earth she lies, her bosom hare, 

 Loose her attire, dishevell'd is her hair. 

 Nine times the morn unbarr'd the gates of light, 

 As oft were spread th' alternate shades of nigiit, 

 So long no sustenance the mourner knew, 

 Unless she drank her tears, or suck'd the dew, 

 She turn'd about, but rose not from the ground, 

 Turn'd to the sun still as he roU'd his round : 

 On his bright face hung her desiring eyes. 

 Till fix d to earth she strove in vain to rise. 

 Her looks their paleness in a flow'r rctaind." 



From hence it has been surmised that " the jea- 

 louse Clytia gave her yellowness and attitude to 

 the Sun-flower." 



The annual Sun-flower is unfit for the small 

 parterre, but when planted amongst shrubs or 

 young trees, or on the borders of woods, its imi- 

 tative suns shine to advantage. It is a flower 

 we recommend to the notice of the young stu- 

 dents in botany, since its great size will enable 

 them to understand the class and order in which 

 it is placed better than any other plant of the 

 same class. 



Linnseus adopted the term Syngenesia for this 

 class of plants, from cuv, together, and ysvs(r)s, 

 a generating, meaning to generate together ; and 

 as it includes all the compound flowers, from the 

 modest Daisy to the gay Dahlia, it forms one of 



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