60 NIGHT-SCENTED FLOWERS. 



flowers, belonging to various tribes as discordant as 



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possible, agreeing only in their nocturnal fragrance, 

 which is peculiar, very similar and exquisitely delicious, 

 and in the pale yellowish, greenish, or brownish tint 

 of their flowers. Among these are Mescmbry ant he- 

 mum noctiflorum, Dill. Elth. t. 206, Pelargonium 

 triste, Cornut. CanacL 110, and several species akin 

 to it, Hesperis tristis, Curt. Mag. t. 730, Cheiran- 

 thits tristis,t. 729, Daphne pontica, Andrews s Repos. 

 t. 73, Crassula odoratissima, t. 26, and many others*. 

 A few more, greatly resembling these in the green 



* These flowers afford the poet a new image, which is introduced 

 into die following imitation of Martial, and offered here solely for its 

 novelty : 



Go mingle Arabia's gums 



With the spices all India yields. 

 Go crop each young flower as it blooms. 



Go ransack the gardens and fields. 



Let Pcestum's all-flowery groves 



Their roses profusely bestow. 

 Go catch the light zephyr that roves 



Where the wild thyme and marjoram grow. 



Let every pale night-scented flower, 



Sad emblem of passion forlorn, 

 Resign its appropriate hour, 



To enhance the rich breath of the morn. 



All that art or that nature can find, 



Not half so delightful would prove, 

 Nor their sweets all together combined, 



Half so sweet as the breath of niv love. 



