

FLORA'S LEXICON. 



CACIA. Robinia Pseudacacia. Class 17, 

 DIADELPHIA. Order: DECANDRIA. The 



savages of North America have consecrated 

 the Acacia to the genius of chaste love ; 

 their bows are made from the incorruptible 

 wood of this tree, their arrows are armed 

 with one of its thorns. These fierce chil- 

 dren of the forest, whom nothing- can subdue, conceive a senti- 

 ment of delicacy ; perhaps what they are unable to express by 

 words, but they understand the sentiment by the expression of a 

 branch of blooming Acacia. The young savage, like the city 

 coquette, understands this seducing language perfectly. The 

 Acacia is a native of North America, and received its name from 

 the botanist, Robin. 



PLATONIC LOVE. 



Our rocks are rough, but smiling there 



The Acacia waves her yellow hair, 



Lonely and sweet, nor loved the less 



For flowering in a wilderness 



Then come thy Arab maid will be 



The loved and lone Acacia tree. MOORE. 





