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this flower has been fostered by man, nature 

 has allowed art to enrich its hues, and di- 

 versify its varieties, almost without end. 

 Painting is a dialect that speaks intelligibly 

 alike to all the globe. 



" Their powerful language to no realm 



Or region is confin'd ; 

 ? Tis nature's voice, and understood 

 Alike by all mankind." 



Psalm xix. 3. New Vers. 



PARTICIPATION, OR, I PARTAKE 

 YOUR SENTIMENTS. 



DOUBLE DAISY. Bellis hortus. 



The cultivated daisy is made the emblem of 

 participation, because its multiplied petals all 

 partake of one receptacle. Hooker observes, 

 that " Civil society doth more content the 

 nature of man, than any private kind of soli- 

 tary living ; because in society, this good of 

 mutual participation is so much larger." 



