On the willow thy harp is suspended, 

 Oh Salem ! its sound should be free, 



And the hour when thy glories were ended, 

 But left me that token of thee. 



And ne'er shal' its soft notes be blended 

 With the voice of the spoiler by me. 



Silent their harps each cord unstrung, 

 On pendant willow-blanches hung. 



Byron. 



Booker. 



Willow, (gwilou, Welsh,) is defined by Johnson to be 

 " a Tree, of the boughs of which a garland was said to be 

 worn by forlorn 'overs." 



In love, the sad forsaken wight 

 The willow garland weareth. 



Drayton. 



I offered him my company to a willow tree, to make him 

 a garland, as being forsaken. Shaks. 



In such a night 



Stood Dido, with a willow in her hand, 

 Upon the wild sea-banks, and waved her love 

 To come again to Carthage. Shaks. 



I'll wear the willow garland for his sake. 



Same. 



The S. Babylonica is a native of the east. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, taper-pointed. Catldn naked, accompanying the 

 leaves. As the branches droop, the catkins ascend in a re- 

 curved manner. 



WHEAT. 



Triticum. 



Triticu:n, an old Latin name, derived from tritum, 

 ground or rubbed in allusion to the manner in which grain 

 is prepared for the food of mankind. 



Wheat E. Sax. hwcete; Gothic, hwit; Dutch, weit, 

 wheat-grass, or corn. 



Corn is a term applied to all sorts of grain fit for food, 

 particularly Wheat, Rye, etc. These also belong to the 

 grand division of Grosses, which are distinguished from 

 other plants by their simple, straight, unbranched stalk, hol- 

 low, and jointed, commonly called straw, with long narrow 

 tapering leaves, placed at each knob or joint of the stalk, 

 and sheathing or enclosing it, as if by way of support. The 

 T. Caninum or bearded wheat-grass, is that which most 

 pleases the eye on account of the greater length of its beard, 

 or arista. 



The Romans cultivated only the bearded wheat, its bris- 

 tles serving to protect it from birds, etc. 



The flower of triticum, consists of a calyx of two 

 valves, common receptacle zigzag, elongated into a spike. 

 Glume (the husk or chaff,) transverse, containing about three, 

 or more flowers. Corolla of two nearly equal valves, the 

 size of the calyx. 



Ceres, the goddess of corn and harvests, was represent- 

 ed with a garland of ears of corn on her head. And the 

 commemoration of the loss of her daughter, Proserpine, was 



celebrated about the beginning of harvest; that of her search 

 after her, at the time that corn is sown in the earth. 



WOODBINE. 



Lonicera. 

 (See Honeysuckle.) 



Woodbine, or Woodbind, no doi'bt from the flexibility 

 of its branches, and its habit of twining round, or binding 

 the trees, or wood, that may be placed near it. 



But those who wear the woodbine on their brow, 

 Were knights of Jove who never broke their vow; 

 Firm to their plighted faith, and ever free 

 From fears, and fickle chance, ard jealousy. 



Ih-yderi's Vision of Chaucer. 



YARROW 



Achillea, Millefolium. 



Achillea, Milfoil, so called from Jlchilles, who is sup- 

 posed to have acquired some knowledge of botany from his 

 master Chiron, and to have used this plant for the cure of 

 wounds, etc. The JL. JVKllefolium, or Yarrow, is reputed 

 to have great medicinal virtue. 



The Yarrow, wherewithal he stopt the wound-made 

 gore. Drayton. 



We find in Medical books, that the green leaves of 

 Yarrow pounded, and applied to a bruise, dissipates it in a 

 few days. 



Millefolium, of the two Latin words, mille, a thousand, 

 and folium, a leaf. 



Yarrow, Skinner derives it from the Anglo-Saxon 

 Gearewe, etc., and adds, that Minshrew derives it from ar- 

 row, because it is the best healer of wounds, and was, there- 

 fore, in former times, happily applied to wounds made by ar- 

 rowsor, perhaps, says he, it comes from the Saxon gear, 

 the year, because it retains its foliage almost through the 

 whole year. 



The common Yarrow, Ji. Millefolium, is mixed instead 

 of hops, in their ale, by the inhabitants of Dalekarlia, in or- 

 der to j,lve it an inebriating quality. 



It is generally esteemed a troublesome and noxious weed 

 in pastures. Its white blossoms, nevertheless, beautify our 

 fields, and could not well be spared by the lovers of flowers. 

 Their pearly blossoms have sometimes been seen, at this day, 

 forming a beautiful ornament for a lady's hair. 



ZINNIA. 



Zinnia, named by Linnaeus, in honour of Dr. Jno. G. 

 Zinn, professor of physic and botany at Gottingen, etc. 



There are many species of Zinnia, native of warm cli- 

 mates; many of them indigenous in America. The common 

 red Zinnia, or Z. Multijlora, is found on the banks of the 

 Mississippi. Rays, yellow, orange, or brick dust colour. 

 The Jlowers stand each on a hollow, deeply furrowed, termi- 

 nal stalk, from one to two inches long, much thicker than 

 the stem, and gradually swelling upwards. The disk is coni- 



