Хо. 1596. 
GREWIA OCCIDENTALIS. 
Class. Order. 
POLYANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
This is a native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, and has long been cultivated in this 
country. It is a deciduous shrub, produc- 
ing its elegant flowers during the summer; 
they continue in succession for a consi- 
derable time. 
It requires the greenhouse, may be in- 
creased by cuttings, and should be potted 
in loam and peat. 
Who can deny that the sight of a beauti- 
ful flower is often cheering, even in the 
midst of pain and sickness ; we are remind- 
ed by it of the infinite goodness of our 
Heavenly Father, who formed these things 
for our delight. Every thing is valuable 
that can awaken the soul to contemplate 
ав in His works, with grateful and ador- 
g love. Is not this indeed a foretaste of 
minis felicity ? for 
** A soul in commerce with her God is Н 
in 
Feels not the tumults and the —_ of sf life, 
The whirls of passion and the strokes of heart.” 
