-Tg. THE FLORIST. 



Implanted on their forms ; — the work of Gods, 



Themselves derived from superstitious men, 



In nations much enlightened, save in that 



Wherein consists true learning. Fair are ye. 



Lilies and Roses ! Every flower that grows 



Bears in itself peculiar loveliness : 



Would ye were all undying! Bootless wish ! 



And impotent as bootless : for ye pass 



So quickly from our vision, that ye are 



Fit types and emblems of mortality ! 



Ye bud, ye bloom, are lovely in your prime 



As transient in your being, but so soon 



Ye droop and fall and perish, that the sun 



Can scarce mature your beauty, ere ye lapse 



Among the things that have been, leaving still 



Young blossoms, your successors, which will fade, 



Even as yourselves have faded. So doth man 



Walk in life's garden for a passing hour. 



Then find his home beneath the soil he trod. 



Mouldering and soon forgotten : and his sons 



Live in his stead. So individual man 



Is mortal and corruptible ; each one 



Bows to the grave, and feels the primal curse 



On his own spirit. As himself hath known 



Sin and transgression, so he knows the power 



Of that dread sentence, "Thou shalt surely die." 



Thus fall the sons of earth ; but 'tis not thus 



In their collective being. Since the first 



Of human-kind was fashioned has that race 



Be:^n living and increasing ; yea, throughout 



Time and Eternity shall man remain 



Unceasing and immortal. Like the flower 



Born in the field, so passeth he away. 



Leaving the scene for others. Like the flower 



He dies and is forgotten, and the place 



Of his lone dwelling hears his name no more. 



Each fills his several station in the world, 



As Wisdom hath directed ; but herein 



Trace we no parallel — though both " go hence," 



One but departs, the other dies for ever. 



A. S. H. 



THE WEATHER IN FEBRUARY. 

 The month just passed has been remarkable for its extreme cold- 

 ness — on two or three occasions the thermometer having been below 

 zero ; and there has been intense frost every night up to the time we 

 write (the 20th), with a dry cutting east or south-east wind, which has 

 prevailed up to the present time. The effect of this on garden 

 vegetables has been most disastrous, most winter crops being all but 

 killed, many downright so — unfortunately. The snow which fell early 

 in the month has been drifted into heaps by boisterous winds, and 

 left a great portion of surface unprotected by snow. This has aggravated' 

 the evil, and has caused much mischief to plants not perfectly 

 hardy. We shall be glad to hear from our correspondents particulars 

 of shrubs, plants, and vegetables, hitherto considered hardy, which 

 have been killed. 



