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ture, when they suddenly expand, and dis- 

 charge a fine and elastic powder. The 

 powder, when thus disengaged from the 

 anthers, is immediately absorbed into the 

 pointal, and hence the seeds, by a process 

 inconceivable to us, are rendered capable 

 of ripening. Emblem of the pouring forth 

 of mind to mind, the fulness of the one 

 imparted to the other, causing the germ of 

 reason to expand, and the mental faculties 

 to attain perfection. Emblem, too, of the 

 gliding in of wisdom from above, which de- 

 scending like the dew, or imbibed like the 

 subtile vapour that pervades alike the mag- 

 nificent magnoha or the humble hawkweed, 

 calls forth those fruits or blossoms which 

 are peculiar to their tribe. 



Those wdio care not for the wonders of 

 creation may think tliat flowers which grow 

 on rocks or in desert places, are of little" 

 worth. But it is not so. Even the lone- 



