8 PREFACE. 



The care and attention bestowed on the moral 

 and poetical department, will, she hopes, insure, 

 at least, a small share of approbation. 



The coloured plates which illustrate the poe--^ 

 try, were taken from nature ; and are as botani- 

 pally correct as so small a work will admit. 

 The descriptive part is from Woodville, Sir 

 James Smith, Rousseau, the Hortus Cantabri- 

 giensis, and other scientific works of later date. 



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