FLORA'S LEXICON. 



ANTERBURY BELL. Campanula Me- , 

 dium. Class 5, PENTANDRIA. Order : Mo- 

 NOGYNIA. This was a very fashionable plant 

 some thirty years ago, and is still cultivated. 

 It is used in Holland as an ornament to halls 

 and staircases, and for placing before fire- 

 places in the summer. For this purpose it 

 is planted in large pots, and is trained in such a manner as to ii 

 cover a large surface, and continues to flower for two or three \ 

 months in shady places. When in full flower it is a very rnag- ; 

 nificent plant, rising in a pyramidal shape, not unlike that of the : 

 towering pagoda. It may be trained to almost any shape, and ; 

 we presume that on this account it has been made the emblem | 

 of gratitude. 



GRATITUDE. 



The benefits he sow'd in me, met not 

 Unthankful ground, but yielded him his own 

 With fair increase ; and I still glory in it. 



MASSINGEII. 



I find a pious gratitude disperse 

 Within my soul ; and every thought of him 

 Engenders a warm sigh within me, which, 

 Like curls of holy incense, overtake 

 Each other in my bosom, and enlarge 

 With their embrace his sweet remembrance. 



SHIRLEY. 



I have five hundred crowns, 

 The thrifty hire I saved under your father, 

 Which I did store, to be my foster nurse, 

 When service should in my old limbs lie lame, 

 And unregarded age in corners thrown ; 

 Take that: and He that doth the ravens feed, 

 Yea providently caters for the sparrow, 

 Be comfort to my age. 



SHAKSPEARE. 



