226 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



WHEAT. Clots S. Order 2. It u supposed 



Triticum coninum. J 10 8 P ec Salivum ri g inated 



Egypt The gcnua seems mostly 

 European. Cultivated. 



PROSPERITY. 



Ceres, the goddess of the harvest, bears 

 A nodding garland of the ripened ears, 

 Betokening prosperous days. 



Anon. 



SENTIMENT. 



What shouldst thou have ever known 

 Of that blind goddess which deludes the world? 

 Or what of Care ? Oh, if the joys of life 

 Are linked with wealth, and fortune's gifts alone 

 Can make us happy, then thy cup of life 

 Is full to overflowing! 



H. Pickering. 



ANSWER. 



My life has been like summer skies, 



When they are fair to view; 

 But there never yet were hearts or skies, 



Clouds might not wander through. 



Mn. L. P. Smith. 



