THE CLOVE TREE. 



THE CLOVE TREE {Caryophyllus aromaticus). — Dignity. 



The Aromatic Clove Tree is a native of the Moluccas. 

 It was brought into England in 1797, and there are specimens 

 in English gardens. It requires a moist or bark stove for 

 its cultivation. The fruit, which is well known to us from 

 its use as a culinary spice, somewhat resembles a nail, where- 

 fore it is called Clous de Girofiier, by our French neighbours. 

 There are divers preparations from it sold by our druggists, 

 which have the property of mitigating some of the many 

 pains which we have to bear. The inhabitants of the Molucca 

 islands are said to use cloves as marks of distinction. They 

 distinguish their native notabilities by speaking of them 

 respectively as having one, two, three, or four cloves, just 

 as we speak of the titles of our aristocracy, the recapitu- 

 lation of which at the funeral of men of renown, occupies 

 considerable time. In the absence of this tree, its flowers 

 and its fruit, from our gardens, the Clove Pink, whose 

 fragrance puts us in mind of the spice, may be well sub- 

 stituted as the emblem of Dignity. 



THE COLUMBINE {Aqitilegia viilagris)-. — Folly. 



This curious flower is not rare in a wild state in woods, 

 plantations, and hedgerows. It is cultivated as a border- 

 flower, when it frequently becomes double, and its colour 

 varies from dark purple to crimson, pink, and white. It 



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