CONCLUSION. 



We have arrived at the termination of the floral 

 year, and painfully perceive that the once noble and 

 brilliant array of out-of-door flowers and shrubs is 

 now reduced to a small and scattered remnant 

 "like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is 

 done." And we are serious, or ought to be so, " for 

 we all do fade like a leaf," we would have wished 

 to the beautiful flowers we have seen, a longer ex- 

 istence, an uninterrupted bloom, but in vain " the 

 wind passeth over them, and they are gone." 



"Let us contemplate the distribution of flowers 

 through the several periods of the year, were they 

 all to blossom together, there would be at once a 

 promiscuous throng, and at once a total privation : 

 we should scarce have an opportunity of adverting 

 to the delightful qualities of half, and must soon lose 

 the agreeable company of them all ; but now since 

 every species has a separate post to occupy, and a 

 distinct interval for appearing, we can take a lei- 

 surely and minute survey of each succeeding set. 

 We can view and review their forms, and enter into 

 a more intimate acquaintance with their charming 

 accomplishments. What goodness is this, to pro- 

 vide such a series of gratifications for mankind, and 

 to take care that our paths should be, in a manner, 



