200 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



SPEEDWELL. Class 2. Order 1. Common to Europe, 



America, and Northern Asia. The Vir- 

 ginia Speedwell is very beautiful. Flow- 

 era white, blue, blush-colored, or purple. 



FEMALE FIDELITY. 



I saw upon the mountain height, 



And mid the mountain air, 

 Veronica her flowers put forth, 



As garden blossoms fair, 

 Like faithful love that blooms to bless 

 A palace or a wilderness. 



Anon, 



SENTIMENT. 



The mild deep gentleness, the smile that throws 

 Light from tfie bosom o'er the pure pale brow, 

 And cheek that flushes like the May-morn rose; 

 The all reposing sympathies that grow 

 Like violets in the heart, and o'er our woes 

 The silent breathings of their beauty throw. 

 Oh! every deed of daily life doth prove 

 The depth, the strength, the truth of woman's love. 



Then side by side, hearts wedded in their youth, 

 In their meek blessedness expand and glow; 

 And though the world be faithless, still their truth 

 No pause, no change, no soil of time they know! 

 They hold communion with a world in sooth, 

 Beyond the stain of sin, the waste of wo; 

 And the deep sanctities of well-spent hours 

 Crown their fair fame with Eden's deathless flowera. 



8. L. FairJUld. 



