FLORA'S LEXICON. 135'| 



AGNOLIA, LAUREL-LEAVED. Magno- 

 lia Grandiflora. Class 13, POLYANDRIA. 

 Order: POLYGYNIA. This is a splendid 

 evergreen tree, rising, in its native country, 

 to sixty feet or more, but with us scarcely 

 exceeding thirty or forty feet. The leaves 

 grow from eight inches to one foot long, in 

 form not unlike those of the common laurel ; the flowers are 

 white, of a large size, and emit a pleasant fragrance. The plant 

 is not so hardy as some other species, and should therefore be 

 planted in a warm situation. 



HIGH SOULED. 



Set thou the first example of true greatness, 

 And pity an infatuated people. 

 What is't to thee, that others do the wrong? 

 Thou art thyself, amidst the worst injustice, 

 That hatred can heap upon thy head. 

 Revenge thy wrongs with magnanimity; 

 Build up thy virtue higher than the clouds 

 That human passion girts the good man with, 

 And let perpetual sunshine rest upon it. 

 Forgive thy country, pity her, and save ! 



DAWES. 



His years but young, but his experience old ; 

 His head unmellow'd, but his judgment ripe ; 

 And, in a word, (for far behind his worth 

 Come all the praises that I now bestow,) 

 He is complete in feature, and in mind, 

 With all good grace to grace a gentleman. 



SHAKSPEARE. 



He was not born to shame: 

 Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit; 

 For 'tis a throne where honour may be crown'd 

 Sole monarch of the universal earth. 



SHAKSPKARE. 



