196 FLORA DOMESTIC A. 



So dear a wish, thou shalt with me abide: 

 And ever in my memory reside. 

 Our harp and verse thy praises shall resound ; 

 And in thy flower my sorrow shall be found. 



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Behold ! the blood which late the grass had dyed 

 Was now no blood : from whence a flower full blown 

 Far brighter than the Tyrian scarlet shone : 

 Which seemed the same, or did resemble right 

 The lily, changing but the red to white. 

 Nor so contented (for the youth received 

 That grace from Phoebus) ; in the flower he weaved 

 The sad impression of his sighs : which bears 

 Ai, ai, displayed in funeral characters." 



SANDYS'S OVID, Book X. 



There have been great disputes and differences about 

 the Hyacinth : all were agreed that our modern Hyacinth 

 was not the Hyacinth of the ancients ; but the difficulty 

 was to determine what was. The larkspur has laid claim 

 to this honour, and some have supposed it to be the gla- 

 diolus, or corn-flag; but the best arguments have been 

 urged in support of the Martagon lily, which is now 

 pretty generally acknowledged to be the true heir to this 

 ancient and illustrious race. 



HYDRANGEA. 



SAXIFRAGES? DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



The name is of Greek origin, and signifies a water-vessel. 



ONE of the most common plants seen in our balconies, 

 windows, &c. is the Shrubby Hydrangea. It is very 

 handsome ; not only for its great balls of blossom, but 

 perhaps yet more for its large luxuriant leaves. It is a 



