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is hairy on the lower part, and sticky near the top, so as to 

 entrap the little insects that settle upon it. This is the case 

 with some other species of the Lychnis, and as this genus 

 differs very little from the Silene, (before described,) they 

 used all to bear the general name of Catchfly. 



Our friend Robin has found favor in a young lady's eye, 

 notwithstanding his ragged coat, and one whose commendation 

 is no mean praise either Miss Twamley says : 



" A man of taste is Robinet, 

 A dandy spruce and trim ; 

 Who'ere would dainty fashions set, 



Should go and look at him. 

 " Rob scorns to wear his crimson coat, 



As common people do. 

 He folds, and fits it in and out, 



And does it bravely too. 

 " Robin's a roguish, merry lad, 



He dances in the breeze, 

 And looks up with a greeting glad, 

 To the rustling hedge-row trees. 

 " How civilly he beckons in, 



The busy Mrs. Bee, 

 Who tells her store of gossipping, 



O'er his honey and his glee. 

 " All joy, all mirth, no carking care, 



No worldly woe has he. 

 Alack ! I wish it were my lot to live, 

 As merrily as he !" 



RED CATCHFLY. Lychnis diurna. 



Plate 6, jig. 2. 

 Stamens and pointals in different plants. Flowers red. 



In hedges, banks, &c., flowering in June. Leaves ovate, 

 dark green, tinged with purple. Calyx of the barren plant 

 narrow, that of the fertile one swelled out with a very large 

 oval capsule. Petals deeply cleft at the end. Whole plant 

 hairy, much branched, and two or three feet high. Flowers 

 without scent, opening in t the morning. 



WHITE CATCHFLY. Lychnis vespertina. 



Plate 6, fig. 3. 



Stamens and pointals in different plants. Flowers white. 

 This is often considered but a variety of the last. It resem- 



