THE SYCAMORE. 



THE SYCAMORE {Acer Pseudo-Platanus).-\\.Y.<6Y.KNY.. 



Reserve is symbolized by the Sycamore Tree, which is 

 slow to put forth its flowers. The tree is one of great beauty. 

 We have had many self-sown, which, being allowed to remain 

 in the spot where they were cradled, and with ample room to 

 grow upward and laterally, have become natural specimens. 

 They are very upright, well ramified, and altogether deserving 

 of great admiration. They bloomed, and bore their seeds, 

 furnished with two broad wings, in their seventeenth year. 



THE TEASEL [Dipsacus fidloniLin). — Misanthropy. 



It is not easy to perceive why this should be the em.blem 

 of Misanthropy. It is a prickly plant, and requires two years 

 from the time of being sown to grow^ to full ripeness. The 

 prickly awns with which they are beset make the Teasel 

 most useful, as being the best means known whereby clothiers 

 are able to raise the nap upon our beautiful broadcloth. 



TEN-WEEK STOCK {Mathiola annua). — PROMPTITUDE. 



No sooner have we cast the seeds of these pretty border 

 flowers into the earth than they begin to germinate, and 

 we quickly have them in masses, or borders covered with 

 them. The bloom, however, is transient, so that vv'e must 



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