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Addison remarks, that " instability of tem- 

 per ought to be checked, when it disposes 

 men to wander from one scheme of govern- 

 ment to another ; such a fickleness cannot 

 but be fatal to any country." — Freeholder, 



INTOXICATED WITH PLEASURE. 



Peruvian Heliotrope . — Heliotropium peruvianum . 



" Qui voit ta fleur en boira le poison : 

 EUe a donne des sens a la sagesses, 

 Et des desirs a la froide raison." 



Bernis. 



Jessieu says, he was intoxicated with de- 

 light when first he discovered this fragrant 

 flower on the mountains of the Cordilleras. 

 When first introduced to France, no vase was 

 thought too expensive or precious for the 

 growth of this odorous plant. 



