FLAX FAMILY. 



" Oh ! the little Flax-flower, 



It groweth on the hill, 

 And be the breeze awake or 'sleep, 



It never standeth. still. 



It groweth, and it groweth fast, 



One day, it is a seed, 

 And then, a little grassy blade, 



Scarce bigger than a weed. 



But then, comes out the Flax-flower, 



As blue as is the sky, 

 And 'tis a dainty little thing, 



We say, as we pass by. 



Ah ! 'tis a goodly little thing, 



It groweth for the poor, 

 And many a peasant blesses it, 



Beside his cottage door." MARY Ho WITT. 



THE XV. ORDER (LINAGES) contains only, the 

 beautiful Flax-plants, (4: Linum.) and the FLAX- 

 SEED, (Radiola), none of which are common, except 

 the small White Flax, If you do not know the Blue 

 Flax (of which linen is made) sow some linseed in 

 your garden, and as you watch its growth, think of the 



