40 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



CARDINAL'S FLOWER. Class 5. Order i. Flowers 

 Lobelia, cardinalis. 



of North America; growing by 

 the uides of rivers und ditches. 

 It is a beautiful flower. 



DISTINCTION. 



Lobelia attired like a queen in her pride. 



Mrt. Sigournty. 



SENTIMENT. 



If this familiar spirit, that communes 

 With yours this hour that has the power to search 

 All things but its own compass is a spark 

 Struck from the burning essence of its (jod 

 If, when these weary organs drop away, 

 We shall forget their uses, and commune 

 With angels and each other, as the stars 

 Mingle their light in silence and in love 

 What is this fleshy letter of a dav, 

 That we should crown it witn immortal flowers? 



