■ms^ 





®Eiiter|Jitii;|| Svelte. 



(llaiupamila mCLltum. Natural Order: CampaiiitlaccLT — Bcllzvort Family. 



" ^--^r-;^^ 'NPRETENDING but handsome is this species of the Campa- 



^ ■ nula, introduced into this country from Germany. The stem is 



liom two and a lialf to three feet high, and produces flowers 



that are large and attractive, continuing in bloom from early 



summer until fall. The blossoms are bell-shaped, as in the 



^^f- Other varieties, the distinctive differences consisting in diversity 

 ^^ of foliage, and dissimilarity of style. Some are tall and stately, while 

 others aie mere cushions of verdure and flowers. The color of theii- 

 f^j^ blossoms is usually blue, though sometimes lavender or white. 



T7OUNTAIN of mercv! whose pervading eve 



Can look witliin and read what passes there. 

 Accept mv thouglits for thanks, I have no words 

 My soul, o'erfraught with gratitude, rejects 

 The aid of language. -//„„«„// More 



'pHE 1 

 A Untl 



benefits he sow'd in me met not 

 ithankful ground, but yielded him 

 With fair increase; and I still glorv in it. 



IITHEN gratitude o'erflow?^ the swelling heart. 



And breathes in free and uncorrupted praise 

 For benefits received; propitious heaven 

 Takes such acknowledgments as fragnmt incense. 

 And doubles all its blessings. —Lilh. 



T FIND a pious gratitude disperse 



Within my soul ; and at every thought 

 Engenders a warm sigh within me, which. 



Like curls 

 Each other 

 With their 



holy incense, overtake 

 1 my bosom, and enlarge 

 nbrace his sweet remcmbrai 



1 patient, 



GROW 



Great offices with greater 



72 



