FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



AMERICAN STARWORT. clan 19. Order*. 



Aster, trodtscanti. i 80 "- >""" . of "re 



tlmn 100 species, is almost 

 exclusively indigenous to 

 N. America and the (.'ape 

 of Good Hope. It flowers 

 late, and the flowers are 

 of every variety of color. 



WELCOME TO A STRANGER. 



And thus do come the autumn flowers, 

 Lingering like exiles on their way, 

 And ere they ventured to our bowers 

 Put on their best of bright and gay. 



SENTIMENT. 



Stranger, new flowers in our vales are seen, 



With a dazzling eye, and a lovely green. 



They scent the breath of the dewy morn: 



They feed no worm, and they hide no thorn, 



Rut revel and glow in our balmy air; 



They are flowers which Freedom hath planted there 



This bud of welcome to thee we give, 



Bid its unborn sweets in thy bosom live; 



It shall charm thee from all a stranger's pain, 



Reserve, suspicion, and dark disdain: 



A race in its freshness and bloom are we ; 



Bring no cares from a worn-out world with thee. 



Mrt. Sigournty. 



