|ce*flattt. 



lilIrSCmbinantl)CllUllU crjlStallilUUn. Natural Ohder: Mcscmhryacca- 

 Ice-Plant Family. 



OT a little curious and attractive, this plant has its foliage 



'*i\ntiiely covered with protuberances about the size of grains 



\ ot iiarle}-, that appear like the most transparent ice, whence 



IS called crystallinum ; the other part of its scientific name, 



lom the Greek, denotes Midday Flower. The branches 



'^.^-'^ .ue trailing, from ten to twelve inches in length, and pro- 



t'-"- (UuL white flowers during the whole summer. It is from Greece. 

 Thcie ha\e been some new varieties introduced from the Cape of 

 i\/<\Tji („)ocl Hope, that are adapted for conservatory culture, the flowers 

 s^Jftj/^of which are yellow, purple, purple and pink, and purple and white 

 ^^^ (.onibined They require very little moisture in winter, once or 

 twice a month being sufficient, but the quantity should be increased 

 to a geneious allowance when the blossoms begin to appear. The 

 ditleient \arieties, of which there are several hundred, have quite a 

 di\cisit\ of foliage. 



/^H, she is colder than the mountain's snow 

 ^ To such a subtle purity she 's w rought, 

 She "s pray'd and tasted to a walking though 



4 



N' 



rO dews of love can warm the iceberg heart, 

 Or melt the Alpine snows upon her breast; 

 E'en flowers cease to spread their leaves ajiart. 

 If by her chilling foot they 're prest. 



'pHO.SE glani 

 -'- The frosty 



vork on me like the weak shine 

 throws on the Appenine, 

 When the hills' active coldness doth go near 

 To freeze the glimmering taper to his sphere. 



The sculptur'd beauty of her marble face 



Is chill and cold as e'er was marble stone; 



Those veinlets blue, that o'er her temples trace, 

 Are like a springlet from a glacier thrown. 

 — C. H. T. 



pANST thou no kindly ray impart, 

 ^' Thou strangely beauteous one.' 

 Fairer than fairest work of art. 

 Vet cold as sculptured stone! 



-Bt'aumojit. 



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