No, 1532. 
BARBACENIA PURPUREA. 
Class, Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
A native of Brazil, lately brought into cul- 
tivation in ee меу; Nasi: other ine Aper 
cies, 
by Drs. Spix and Martius. The present is à 
beautiful little plant, requiring the stove, 
flowering at different seasons. It will per- 
fect its seed, or may be increased by off- 
sets: the soil should be sandy loam. 
То contemplate the works of the Al- 
mighty is indeed a heavenly pleasure, for 
* What is Heaven? It is enough to say 
of it, that it is a state in which the Chris- 
tian becomes perfectly like the Redeemer, 
and ыа in an tira nearness no саян 
с 
it An e state Ali 
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ZUM 2o 143 £i ғ ға | 
joy, and love, which will sweetly and unceas- 
iogly flow from the human heart. Неге 
God in our nature will be an Object filling 
the sight with everlasting pleasure, while 
