BOTANY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 



L.. SONG OP THE GYNANDRIAN TRIBES. 



Jn the quiet shades 



Of our forest glades, 

 The fair Epipactis her blossom unfolds, 



And the Orchis race 



Our field banks that grace, 

 The wandering shepherd with wonder beholds, 



In our pastures green 



Ladies Tresses are seen, 

 In our woods, Cypripedium's purple flower, 



And Listera there 



Her nest doth prepare, 

 And bright Arethusa adorns our bower. 



With insect gems 



On their verdant stems, 

 The Ophrys tribe in our borders we see, 



Queen of the flowers, 



These treasures are ours, 

 And we bring them with loyal hearts to thee. 



E. Monoecia and Dicecia are fashionable 

 classes, affecting the manners of the higher 

 ranks in the old countries ; the married couples 

 not occupying the same apartments. In Mo- 

 noBcia, or one house, are those plants which 

 contain stamens and pistils in separate flowers 

 on the same plant. 



L. And it is for such flowers you said, that 



