FLORA DOMESTICA. 



Might hang their silver stars, their golden globes, 



On the same odorous stem ." 



MASON'S ENGLISH GARDEN. 



Mrs. C. Smith speaks of the Orange-tree in her lines 

 addressed to the humming-bird ; a beautiful little creature, 

 which, when stript of its plumage, is not bigger than a 

 bee; and, like the bee, it delights in hovering over the 

 sweetest flowers, and sipping their juice, without doing 

 them the least injury by its visit. Mr. Lambert, in his 

 Travels in Canada, says, " that they may be seen there in 

 great numbers, and that their plumage is as beautiful as 

 that of the peacock." It is frequently called the bee-bird : 



" There, lovely bee-bird ! may'st thou rove 

 Through spicy vale, and citron grove, 

 And woo and win thy fluttering love 



With plume so bright ; 

 There rapid fly, more heard than seen, 

 Mid orange-boughs of polished green, 

 With glowing fruit, and flowers between 



Of purest white." 



Captain Stedman, speaking of Paramaribo, says that its 

 streets, which are perfectly straight, are lined with Orange, 

 shaddock, tamarind, and lemon trees, which appear in ever- 

 lasting bloom, while at the same time their branches are 

 weighed down with the richest clusters of odoriferous fruit. 

 He was in the habit of purchasing forty oranges for sixpence : 

 yet plentiful as they were, the Orange is not a native of the 

 country, but was originally imported there from Spain and 

 Portugal. These trees are extremely beautiful, and adorned 

 with their fragrant blossoms throughout the year. " As for 

 the fine fragrance that is diffused through all this colony," 

 says the Captain, " by the continued groves of Orange- 

 blossoms, and odoriferous fruits that it produces, it can be 

 more easily conceived than described." In Surinam, the 

 parlour floors are always scowered with sour oranges cut 



