314 The Cryptogamia. July, 



welcorae the "■ Clover Hill Seedlings." She was too feeble to utter words, 

 but her countenance recalled Talfourd's lines : — 



" It is a little thing 

 To give a cup of water ; yet its drauglit 

 Of cool refreshment, drained by fever'd lips, 

 May give a shock of pleasure to the frame 

 More exquisite than when nectarian juice 

 Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.'' 



Late in the month of November, 1850, Jenny Lind was presented 

 with a dish of fine " Clover Hill Seedlings " by little Lizzie ; it was 

 difficult to determine which was made the most bappy — the child, whose 

 feelings aud fancy bad been greatly excited by catching some of the 

 public enthusiasm, and was delighted to approach the " Queen of Song," 

 or the gentle woman, who, amid the extravagant attentions and adula- 

 tion bestowed upon her, was surprised and charmed by the rare and 

 simple offering from a bright little girl. 



But even better than this, " Aunt Charlotte," her children and grand- 

 children, almost annually enjoy the fruits of her single Paris seed; and 

 if it be true, as a wise man has said, that " he who plants a tree confers 

 a blessing on his fellow-men," may it not be equally true that he who 

 plants three doubtful seeds in a pot of sand, may do good to others, and 

 bring infinite pleasure to himself? 



Shall there be a moral to our story? and shall it not point to the 

 blessings likely to ensue from faith aud perseverance ? It was the duty 

 of faith to plant the supposed seeds ; perseverance watched over them 

 with interest, and Heaven has rewarded the work. 



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THE CRYPTOGAMIA.' 



The v/hole vegetable kingdom is divided into two great orders, viz : 

 the Phsenogamia, and the Cryptogamia. The latter of these two, com- 

 prising by far the least number of plants, and the one which we now 

 wish to consider, is especially remarkable, from the fact, that the plants 

 of which it is composed, are almost universally deprived of flowers, by 

 the endless variety of which the other order is so beautifully adorned ; 

 and from this deprivation it becomes necessary, that they must 



'■■' A Class-Essay, by a Student in Farmers' College. 



