BOTANY. 83 



XLIV. 



Though from a more congenial clime, 

 Musa !^ with our exotics sliine 



Magnificently fair ! 

 Thy fine umbrageous leaves display, 

 And all thy elegant an'ay. 

 Thy beauty amply will repay 



The cultivator's care. 



XLV. 



Ye Lichens! touch'd by chemist's art, 

 Soft shades of various tint impart, 



That fashion's vesture dyes ; 

 Tom fi'om your sweet abode of shade, 

 To deck our fair — our commerce aid. 

 Your beauties soon in dust are laid. 

 Ah I never more to rise. 



