44 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



CHINA ASTER. Class W. Order 2. Averjexteo. 



Aftr, CM M . jj fiT-mSSE S,T 



most beautiful; flowers of alinort 

 every variety cf color. 



LOVE OF VARIETY. 



And varied as the Aster's flower, 

 The charms of beauty bless my eye 

 For who would prize the corning hour, 

 If only like the hours gone by ? 



Anon, 



SENTIMENT. 



The sleepless streams move onward 

 Through beds of idling lilies, 

 Chiding the foolish flowers 

 That watch their mirrored beauty; 

 So live the thoughtless many, 

 Who throng the halls of fashion. 



Dawu. 



ANSWER. 



O, we hope and we image through life's busy scenes 

 Length of years, and the bliss of enjoying; 



But, alas! the dark blight of fell death intervenes, 

 The flower in its blossom destroying. 



JVew York Mirror. 



