214 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



TULIP, VARIEGATED. Class and Order as the preced 

 "* The Incthod of making a 

 tulip variegated or striped, is by 

 transplanting them from a rich 

 soil to one meagre and sandy. 

 It weakens the plant. 



BEAUTIFUL EYES. 



Tulips with every color that shines 



In the radiant gems of Serendib's mines. 



Garland of Flora, 



SENTIMENT. 



The-bright black eye, the melting blue, 

 I cannot choose between the two. 

 Ah! many lids Love lurks between, 

 Nor heeds the coloring of his screen; 

 And when his random arrows fly, 

 The victim falls, but knows not why. 

 Gaze not upon his shield of jet, 

 The shaft upon the string is set; 

 Look not beneath his azure veil, 

 Though every limb were cased in mail. 



Well, both might make a martyr break 

 The chain that bound him to the stake; 

 And both, with but a single ray, 

 Can melt our very hearts away; 

 And both, when balanced, hardly seem 

 To stir the scales, or rock the beam; 

 But that is dearest, all the while, 

 Which wears for us the sweetest smile. 



O. W. Holme* 



