FLORA'S LEXICON. 



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OUNTAIN ASH, or ROWAN TREE. Py- \\ 

 rus Aucupana. Class 12, ICOSANDUIA. Or- 

 der: PENTAGYNIA. The common appella- 

 tion of this beautiful tree, the character of: 

 its foliage, and its choice of situation, have 

 led to some confusion respecting its classi- 

 fication. Gerarda and Gilpin, for instance, 

 have considered it a variety of the true ash (Fraxinus) ; an error 

 which has not escaped the animadversions of later botanists, 

 who all now concur in comprehending it in the genus Pyrus. 



TALISMAN. 



One eftbrl more, and now I seem to stand 



On proud Helvellyn, feel around me blow 

 The keen, fresh breeze ; or tread " the silver strand* 



Of the blue lake, and watch its gentle flow : 

 Now pierce the glen where Ayrey's torrent boils, 



And mark the sunbeams dally with the spray, 

 Till o'er the troubled flood an Iris smiles, 



As if to charm its wrathful mood away; 

 Or pitying view each little flower, bright-hued, 

 Weeping its life away in sunless solitude. 



Now glancing upward to a dizzy height, 



I see the rowan fling its feathery sprays 

 O'er the cleft rocks, with scarlet fruit so bright, 



It seems a sylvan Iris to "my gaze. 

 Fairest of trees that love the rushing stream, 



The rocky glen, or mountain's shaggy sido! 

 All ! well, methinks, of yore might Fancy deem 



No evil thing could in thy presence hide ; 

 So pure thou look'st, so fearless, and so free, 

 Owning no spells thyself save beauty's witchery. 



ANON. 



