FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



THE WALLFLOWER. 



Cheiranthus Cheiri. 



HE wallflower is a prominent 

 member of the cheerful family 

 of " old-fashioned " flowers, and 

 obviously takes its name from 

 the circumstance that it thrives 

 on walls, which, indeed, it often 

 adorns in a most extravagant and 

 delightful manner, making them 

 mountains of perfume and beacons 

 of fire. I was much struck with 

 the glow of an old bastion at 

 Amiens one April, as the sun- 

 shine streamed through its ruddy 

 bloom of wallflowers, and I very 

 gladly remembered, in connection 

 with the charming spectacle, the 

 lines of Bernard Barton, in refer- 

 ence to the wallflowers of Leiston 

 Abbey 



And where my favourite abbey rears on high 



Its crumbling ruins, on their loftiest crest, 

 Ye wallflowers, shed your tints of golden dye, 



On which the morning sunbeams love to rest, 

 On which, when glory fills the glowing west. 



