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heart would be at ease, if his solitude were 

 blessed by her society. Other flowers carry 

 the expression of "Think of me in solitude;" 

 and a hundred other woeful speeches are thus 

 silently told. To such a pitch of perfection 

 is this language carried by lovers in the East, 

 that they employ even the different shades 

 to describe the different degrees of their 

 passions. 



Although the Cupid-pierced of our country 

 generally explain the nature of their wounds 

 by vocal or ocular language, yet we are desi- 

 rous to meet the Erica in the shrubbery ; for 



" E'en the wild heath displays its purple dyes," 



and that to considerable advantage in many 

 situations, filling up spaces between the walk 

 and higher shrubs ; and where the grounds are 

 extensive and hilly, little clumps, let into the 

 lawn, with a sprinkling of thyme, give a natu- 

 ral appearance and perfume to the spot. This 

 genus of plants was entirely neglected in orna- 

 mental grounds until their beautiful relatives 

 arrived from the Cape of Good Hope and 

 other parts of the globe, to embellish our 

 crystal gardens, where, 



" Unconscious of a less propitious clime, 

 May bloom exotic beauty, warm and snug, 

 While the winds whistle and the snows descend." 



