ERI'NUS ALPI'NUS. 



ALPINE ERINUS. 

 Class. Order. 



DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPEBMIA. 



Natural Order. 



SCROPHULARINEJE. 



No. 11. 



The Greek term BRINGS, whence comes our 

 Erinus, was applied by the ancients to a vegetable, 

 very different from any contained in the present 

 genus ; it was the Wild Fig of the Greeks, and its 

 name was, probably, derived from a verb, implying 

 to exert or strive, because the Greek plant endea- 

 voured to erect itself by means of walls or stones. 

 Alpinus, from the Latin, belonging to the Alps. 



This interesting little subject presents us with its 

 pretty flowers at that season, when all animated 

 nature seems most capable of such enjoyment. 



*' Propitious spring 1 comes forth in bright array, 

 With Venus, goddess of the vernal day; 

 Her mild precursor, Zephyr, wafts the breeze, 

 With balmy wing's, o'er all the budding trees: 

 Maternal Flora, with benignant hand, 

 Her flowers profusely scatters o'er the land . 

 These deck the vallies with unnumber'd hues, 

 And far around their fragrant sweets diffuse." 



TIME'S TELESCOPE. 



The Erinus alpinus requires a dry shady situation. 

 It may be propagated by dividing its roots, and 

 should be planted in loam without manure. 

 Hort. Kew. 2, v. 4, 49. 



