THE 



AMEEICAN" 



EDITED BY SAMUEL WAGNER. 



*' To Us, botli field and grove, 



Garden and orchard, lawn and flowery mead, 

 The blue-vein'd violet, rich columbine. 

 The wanton cowslip, daisies in their prime, 

 With all the choicest blossoms of the lea, 

 Are free allowed and given." 



Parliament of Bees, John Day, 1607 



VOLUME VI.~I870-71. 



PUBLISHED BY 



SAMUEL WAGNKR, WASHINGTON, D. G. 



1871 . 



