I. TO HAMPSTEAD. 



It is only when they are ripe, that the 

 melon becomes yellow, the gooseberry red, 

 the strawberry of a beautiful scarlet, &c. ; 

 so that, it should seem, the color of fruits 

 is intended, by nature, to invite us to cull 

 the choicest of her gifts. 



Leaves also display the same variety of 

 form and color. They besides differ in 

 the place and mode of their insertion. 

 Some are radical, or proceed directly from 

 the root, as those of the primrose and dan- 

 delion : others, such as sage, mint, &c. 

 are furnished with stems, or leaf-stalks, 

 while the leaves of many trees, as the ap- 

 ple and cherry, grow on branches. 



They ditfer also in their direction ; some 

 being straight, some curved, and others 

 pendent. 



Their figures are also various, being 

 oval, oblong, linear, wedge-shaped, &c. 



\Ve may also rank among the relations 

 of pleasure, the beautiful colors of insects 

 and birds. You have frequently admired 



the 



