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FLORA'S LEXICON. 



WEET PEA. Lathyrus Odoratus. Class 

 17, DIADELPHIA. Order : DECANDRIA. The 

 sweet pea is a native of Ceylon and of Si- 

 cily. Its fragrance is thought to resemble 

 a mixture of the orange-flower and the rose. 

 It richly merits the appellation of sweet. The 

 form of the flower is peculiarly graceful. 



DEPARTURE. 



Put by thy work, dear mother; 



Dear mother come with me, 

 For I've found within the garden, 



The beautiful sweet-pea ! 



And bending on their stalks, mother, 



Are roses white and red ; 

 And pale-stemm'd balsams all a-blow, 



On every garden-bed. 



Put by thy work, I pray thee, 



And come out, mother dear! 

 We used to buy these flowers, 



But they are growing here ! 



Oh, mother! little Amy, 



Would have loved these flowers to see; 

 Dost remember how we tried to get 



For her a pink sweet-pea ? 



Dost remember how she loved 

 Those rose-leaves pale and sere 7 



I wish she had but lived to see 

 The lovely roses here ! 



Put by thy work, dear mother, 



And wipe those tears away ! 

 And come into the garden 



Before 't is set of day ! 



HOWITT. 



