60 BOTANY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 



Through enchanted groves, 



Where the poet roves, 

 In Araby's fair and sunny clime, 



He sees not a gem 



On its golden stem, 

 More lovely than this in its season of prime. 



E. We have now come to the class Dodec- 

 andria, or from 11 to 20 stamens, a very varia- 

 ble class indeed, so much so that many bota- 

 nists have abolished it and distributed the 

 flowers in other classes. The literal ren- 

 dering of the name is twelve stamens. Agri- 

 mony is one of its genera ; it is somewhat 

 noted as a medical plant, bearing yellow flowers 

 in June and July, which are liked by many for 

 their fragrance. The Reseda is the most im- 

 portant genus in the class ; among its species 

 are the Mignonette or little darling, which though 

 not remarkable for either beauty or scent, is yet 

 universally beloved and the Dyer's Weed, a 

 plant of great use in dying as it imparts a beau- 

 tiful yellow color to cotton, woolen, silk, and linen ; 

 it is besides, the foundation of green dye, 

 which it is well known is not a primitive color, 

 but composed of yellow and blue. As I touch- 

 ed on this class merely to give you the true clas- 

 sification of Linneus, your song will dismiss it. 



