230 VOICES FROM THE WOODLANDS. 



blossoms, and how excellent the honey produced by such 

 as frequented them. 



" I chanced an old Corycian swain to know, 

 Lord of few acres, and those barren too, 

 Yet, labouring well his little spot of ground, 

 Some scattered potherbs here and there he found : 

 He, therefore, first among the swains was found, 

 To reap the product of his laboured ground, 

 And squeeze the combs with golden liquor crowned ; 

 His limes were first in flower, his lofty pines 

 "With friendly shade secured his tender vines." 



Travellers relate that the famous Kowno honey is made 

 exclusively from my flowers. Pallas will tell you, that the 

 lipezy or genuine linden-honey, which is of a greenish colour 

 and delicious taste, flows from the same vegetable fountain, 

 and is taken from the hive immediately after the neigh- 

 bouring lindens have been in blossom. Nor is this all; 

 the Swiss make a favourite beverage from them, and in the 

 south of France an infusion is used for cough and hoarse- 

 ness; at Nismes also, active boys climb to my topmost 



