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of a beautiful red color \Vlien the flower falls off, a pod, (sili- 

 qua) appears on the vme, instead, which grows several, inches 

 m length. The seeds are ali winged, very light and arc easily 

 transported by the winds, to a great distance. These plants 

 will soon cease to be wild, where our cattle can get at the 

 vine, which they are fond of eating, at least its bark, which 

 being destroyed, the vine dies 



There are other trumpet-flowers, of a white color, as large as 

 the one which we have described These are all about to dis- 

 appear from the same cause with the red flowered one. 



We have less ambitious trumpet flowers, than these of every 

 color, tint and shade the red, the white, the blue, the green, 

 the yellow and of every intervening shade of color. The vines 

 of the latter, are some of them longer, others shorter, running 

 along upon the ground, or ascending any little eminence, where 

 they can show themselves and breathe a purer air. These 

 flowers are indeed very beautiful. Besides these, we have 

 two species of honey suckle, which climb the highest trees of 

 our forests, in our bottoms, and show an abundance of flowers. 



But, we have a rose, a multiflora, growing in our richest, 

 moist lands, which ascends the very highest tree, it can find, 

 in all the woods, to the very topmost bough of a tree. It blooms 

 for months together, hanging in festoons, from branch to branch, 

 and even, from tree top to tree top, clothed with its gorgeous 

 bunches of roses Its aspect regales the eye, the bees that 

 hover among its blossoms, charm the ear with their humming 

 noise, while its odors fill all the air, with their delicious per- 

 fumery. This rose is domesticated. How many other wild 

 roses we have, besides many sweet briars, we cannot say, 

 but we know, that we have many growing in every sort of 

 soil, and accommodating themselves to each, in size, color, and 

 aspect. But, for the present, enough of these ambitious flow- 

 ers, that boldly challenge our observation, and compel us, to 

 notice them, and celebrate their praises. 



We have three species of lily. They first appear in July 

 and August. The largest one, is red, its stem rises from three 

 to five feet, in height and throws out, from five, to twenty bbs- 



