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parison of texture ; and as to delicacy of shading, it 

 is scarcely surpassed by the bow of the Iris itself." 

 FLORA HISTOBICA. 



[PANSY- VIOLET OR HEARTSEASE. (Viola tricolor. ) 



Root annual or fusiform (pi. II. 15 fu) Stem angled, branched, 

 Leaves oblong, deeply scolloped, (crenate.) Stipules lyrate, pin- 

 natifid. Spur of the Corolla about as long as the produced 

 base of the Calyx. Stigma large, capitate, obliquely perfo- 

 rated.] 



TO THE PANSY. 



" And thou so rich in gentle names appealing, 



To hearts that own our nature's common lot, 

 Thou styled by sportive Fancy's better feeling 



"A thought," "the Heartsease," or "Forget me not." 

 Who deck'st alike, the peasant's garden plot, 



And castle's proud parterre ; with humble joy 

 Proclaim afresh, by castle and by cot, 



Hopes, which ought not, like things of time to cloy, 

 And feelings, Time itself shall deepen, not destroy !" 



BERNARD BARTON. 



