XI. GENEALOGY. 



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ix. HELIADES. 



ENG. ALCESTID. FR. HELIADE. 

 Clytia. Margarita. Alcestis. Falconia. Oarduus. 



x. DELPHIDES. 



ENG. DELPHID. FR. DELPHIDE. 



Laurus. Granata. Myrtus. 



n. HESPEEIDES. 



ENG. HESPERIT). FR. HESPERIDE. 

 Aurantia. A glee. 



xn. ATHENAIDES. 

 ENG. ATHENAID. FR. ATHENAIDE. 

 Olea. Fraxinus. 



I will shortly note the changes of name in their twelve 

 orders, and the reasons for them. 



i. CHARITES. The only change made in the nomen- 

 clature of this order is the slight one of ' rubra ' for 

 ' rubus ' : partly to express true sisterhood with the other 

 Charites ; partly to enforce the idea of redness, as char- 

 acteristic of the race, both in the lovely purple and russet 

 of their winter leafage, and in the exquisite bloom of 

 scarlet on the stems in strong young shoots. They have 

 every right to be placed among the Charites, first be- 

 cause the raspberry is really a more important fruit in 

 domestic economy than the strawberry ; and, secondly, 

 because the wild bramble is often in its wandering sprays 

 even more graceful than the rose ; and in blossom and 



