104 CHICKWEED. 



unaltered, cither by soil or climate, a mo- 

 dest little flower which few might care to 

 look upon, if they had not learned some- 

 what concerning its beauty or its worth, 

 and how the hand of Him who made it, has 

 stamped upon its pale green leaves, cha- 

 racters which those who love to hear and 

 speak of Him may read, and which in 

 reading, will make their hearts to glow with- 

 in them. What sees the stranger in passing 

 by ? A small and insignificant looking weed, 

 covering the top of an old wall, or spring- 

 ing from interstices where the mortar has 

 fallen out between the stones. What sees 

 the botanist in this simple weed ? An ob- 

 ject of great interest ; formed especially for 

 the place which it is designed to fill ; a me- 

 mento of the care of its Creator, and not 

 of the plant only, but of numerous winged 

 creatures that depend upon the ripening of 

 its seeds for their support. Winds may 



