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juice is distilled from the plant, and conveyed 

 to the nectary, for the double purpose of giv- 

 ing nourishment to the parts of fructification 

 and decomposition to the farina, 



" These, nature's works, the curious mind employ, 

 Inspire a soothing melancholy joy." 



The woodbine has a light and elegant, but 

 negligent air, better calculated to ornament 

 rural groves than to embellish stately gardens, 

 and a more suitable climber for the rustic 

 porch than the modern portico. Cunning- 

 ham has given it to the Cottage of Content. 



" Green rushes were strew'd on her floor, 

 Her casement sweet woodbines crept wantonly round. 

 And deck'd the sod seats at her door." 



The perfume of the honeysuckle being of 

 the most agreeable kind, it should be fre- 

 quently met with in the shrubbery ; when 

 planted near the fore-ground it ought to be 

 kept cut as a shrub, which, as well as giving 

 neatness, ensures a succession of flowers. In 

 the wilderness walks, it should have liberty 

 to climb the trees, and hang its wreaths from 

 .branch to branch ; and where the ivy gives 

 verdure to the bare trunk, there should the 

 woodbine display its blossoms and shed its 

 odours ; as also over the rural arbours of the 



