" Omnes res creatse sunt clivinse sapientiiB et potentiaj testes, divitife felicitatis 

 humanse : — ex barum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritiidine sapie^itia Domini ; 

 ex ceconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potcntia maiestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaque indagatio ab bominibus sibi relictis semper JBstimata; 

 a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fuit." — Linn^us. 



"Quel que soit le principe de la vie animale, il ne faut qu'ouvrir les yeux pour 

 voir qu'elle est le cbef-d'eeuvre de la Toute-puissance, et le but auquel se rappor- 

 tent toutes ses operations." — Brucknek, Theorle dtt, Si/steme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



Tlie sylvan ^lowers 



Obey our summons ; from tbeir deepest dells 



Tbe Dryads come, and tbrow tbeir garlands wild 



And odorous brancbes at our feet ; tbe Nympbs 



Tbat jiress witb nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And piu'ple beatb-flower come not empty-handed, 



But scatter round ten thousand forms minute 



Of velvet moss or lichen, torn from rock 



Or rifted oak or cavern deep : the Naiads too 



Qmt their loved native stream, from whose smooth face 



They crop the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rippling tide : the frozen poles. 



Where peril waits the bold adventurer's tread, 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Js'orwkh, 1818. 



FLAMMAM. 



