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Pi)ila^clpl)US roronavius. Natirai. Order: Saxifi-agacece— Saxifrage Family. 



^^'?/^^jO*^HIS show}' shrub is one of several bearing the same cogno- 

 ^>r^ ^r^ ![ I nien, the classic name of which was bestowed in honor of 

 Ptolem«us Philadelphus, an ancient king of Egypt, and the 

 lounder of the celebrated Alexandrian library. In early sum- 

 mer it is a handsome object, and is an addition to any land- 

 '^ scape when covered by the creamy-white flowers that adorn 

 ii^ stems and burden the air with their honeyed fragrance, the odor 

 nt which is similar to the orange blossom, whence it is sometimes 

 I died Mock-Orange. It is a native of Europe, but has been very 

 man} }ears naturalized in America. Cultivated on the lawn, its 

 blanches sway in graceful luxuriance: but if space is an object, it 

 w ill allow itself to be trained against a wall, and withhold not its 

 ibundant bloom. Another variety, called Philadelphus grandiflorus, 

 IS \er} similar in appearance, but the flowers are odorless. 



/^H! friends regretted, scenes fore\'er dear, 

 ^^ Remembrance hails jou with her warmest tear! 

 Drooping she bends o'er pensive Fancy's urn, 

 To trace the hours which never can return. 



"IITE will revive those times, and in our memories Kindled 



Preserve, and still keep fresh, like flowers in water, Sliot 

 Those happier days; when at our eyes our souls The\ 



nd 



il fires, their 

 ill, link'd am 

 ■arts togethe 



CANNOT but remember such things were 

 That were most precious to me. _ simkespei 



te 



;LL'D in the countless chambers of thi 

 'Our thoughts arc link'd by many a hidde 

 ,vake but one, and lo! what myriads risi. 

 ch stamps its image a> tlie other flies! 



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FILL o'er these scenes my memory wakes 

 \nd fondly broods with wiser care; 

 le but the impression deeper makes, 

 \s streams their channels deeper wear. 



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