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an increasing stem, there is, of course, no diffi- 

 culty of discernment ; but between the plants 

 which, like these Oreiades, construct for themselves 

 richest intricacy of supporting stem, yet scarcely 

 rise a fathom's height above the earth they gather 

 and adorn, — between these, and the trees that lift 

 cathedral aisles of colossal shade on Andes and 

 Lebanon, — where is the limit of kind to be truly 

 set? 



7. We have the three orders given, as no 

 botanist could, in twelve lines by Milton : — 



" Then herbs of every leaf, that sudden flow'r'd, 

 Op'ning their various colours, and made gay 

 Her bosom swelling sweet ; and, these scarce 



blown, 

 Forth flourish'd thick the clust'ring vine, forth crept 

 The swelling gourd, up stood the corny reed 

 Embattel'd in her field ; and th' humble shrub, 

 And bush with frizzled hair itnplicit : last 

 Rose, as in dance, the stately trees, and spread 

 Their branches hung with copious fruits, or gemm'd 

 Their blossoms ; with high woods the hills were 



crown'd ; 

 With tufts the valleys and each fountain side ; 

 With borders long the rivers." 



Only to learn, and be made to understand, these 



