That here and there some sprigs of mournful mint, 
Though sickly samples of the tiie whole. 
What are the casements lined with oe herbs, 
The prouder sashes fronted with a r 
Of orange, myrtle, or the fragrant w 
The Frenchman's darling? Are ae nt ge proofs ~ 
That man, immured in cities, still retai 
‘This inborn, inextinguishable thirst 
Of rural scenes, compensating his loss 
By supplemental shifts, the best he may? 
most unfurnished with the means of life, 
And they that never pass their brick-wall bonnds 
To range the fields, and treat their lungs with air, 
Sad witnesses how close-pent man regrets 
The country, with what ardour he contrives 
A peep at nature, when he can no more. 
Cowrer’s Task, Boox tv. 
Thanks to Mr. Ward, these sorry contrivances are quite superseded, 
and by his more elegant mode he may be truly said to have so far 
brought back the golden age, that he has succeeded in giving the 
year “eternal spring.’ 
A similar plan was adopted about ten years ago, by A. A, Maco- 
* nochie, Esq. Advocate, Edinburgh, and with the same happy results. 
He, however, merely showed it to his friends; and to Mr. Ward, 
therefore, is due the praise of rendering the benefit a public one. 
Seeing, as we do, the importance of this method of treating plants, 
and being desirous of extending the benefits and the gratifications deri- 
vable therefrom, some further account shall be given in the AUCTARIUM 
of the BoTanic elude; where descriptive cuts can appropriately be 
introduced. 
DerivaTION OF THE NAMEs. 
Pernettia,in compliment to Dom Pernetty, the author of the account of a 
voyage to the Falkland Islands, a work remarkable for its interest, as well as - 
for its uniform exactness. Mucronata, from Mucro, a point, the pointed 
character of the leaves. 
SyYNonYMEs. 
ArpuTus Mucronata, Linneus, fil. supp. 239. Forster: Comment. Goetli 
9, - Lamarck: Dust. t. 366, f. 2. Willd: Sp, PL. v. 2, p. 610, Sprengel 
Syst. Veg. 2, p. 287. Botanical Magazine, 3093. 
PernetTia mucronata, Botanical Register, 1565. 
