No. 160f. 



RUBUS SPECTABILIS. 



Class- Order. 



ICOSANDRU POL YG YNIA 



This was found by Lewis on the banks of 

 the Columbia River, and has been lately in- 

 troduced by Mr. Douglas to the Horticul- 

 tural Society's garden, whence it was com- 

 municated to us. Its flowers were pro- 

 duced in May. It appears to be quite 

 hardy, and grows in almost any soil. We 

 have propagated it without difficulty by cut- 

 tings. 



'^ Is it not most reasonable to acknow- 

 ledge God's Infinite power and goodness, 

 and that most providential care by which 

 He governs all ? And when our verj^ being 

 and life depend upon Him, and all the 

 comfort and happiness of life, how con- 

 gruous is it to exhibit this sign and token 

 of His holding us by the hand, and of 

 our being borne up by Him! What 

 sweeter lenitive of all those miseries with 

 which mortal life so continually abounds. 



