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And put the luisk, with many a smile, 

 In their white bosoms for a while, — 

 Then if they guess aright the swain, 

 Their loves' sweet fancies try to gain : 

 'Tis said, that ere it lies an hour, 

 'Twill blossom with a second flower, 

 And from the bosom's handkerchief 

 Bloom as it ne'er had lost a leaf.' " 



—P. 170. 



In the note which follows, on Orchis lalifolia, we think there is 

 some little mistake in the application of the provincial names. The 

 terms " Deil's-foot " and " Dead-men's-fingers " will do very well for 

 this species, and for O. maculata, to which, indeed, the latter term is 

 generally applied ; but the term " Adam and Eve " is confined to O. 

 mascula, or, at least, to the group having undivided tubers. 



" Orchis laiifolia. Cocks-Kames. Common in boggy ground, and 

 not easily to be distinguished from the preceding. The root, from its 

 shape, is sometimes called the Deifs-foot, and sometimes Dead-men^s- 

 Jingers ; but it is more generally known as Adam and Eve, — the tuber 

 which sinks being Adam, and that which swims being Eve. Cain 

 and Abel is another name for these tubers, Cain being the heavy one. 

 They are, or sometimes were, used as love-charms. If a woman 

 wished to secure the affection of any young man on whom her heart 

 was set, she put, unseen, one of the tubers into the pocket of his 

 dress, and thus he became so enchanted that he must follow the intri- 

 guer wherever she went ! This is the very property that Shakespere 

 ascribes to his Love-in-idleness." — P. 193. 



The following paragraph is replete with poetry and beauty. It may 

 be urged that it has little to do with Poa fluitans ; but, to us, that is 

 no objection : we love the mind that draws a pleasing simile from 

 such a source, — that perceives a cause for hopeful rejoicing in that 

 which is, for the lime being, veiled in obscurity, or oppressed by cir- 

 cumstances ; in fact, we love the mind that sees "good in everything." 



" Glyceria Jlnitans. Marshy spots in old meadows get very 

 green and fresh in winter, and catch the pleased eye afar off. This 

 is not from contrast with the surrounding barrenness, but from the 

 vegetation of the perennial grasses that occupy a wet soil. Sandy 

 links, on the contrary, are dull and dead, and rough with the persis- 

 tent stalks of their wiry bents. The tufts of rushes, which stud the 

 wet green meadow, continue to preserve their living colour about the 

 base and half-way up the stalks, but the tops have become dry and 

 withered. A deeper green heightens the effect of the various kinds of 



