THE CHERRY. 



" Clove. You are as slender as this clove ! 



You are an unblown rose ! 

 I have long loved you, and you have not known it. 



yonquil. Have pity on my passion ! 



Pear. Give me some hope ! 



A Rose. May you be pleased, and your sorrows mine ! 



A Straw. Suffer me to be your slave ! 



Cinnamon. But my fortune is yours ! 



Pepper. Send me an answer ! " 



Every flower, says her ladyship, represents a sentiment: 

 Letters of civihty, friendship, and love, may be sent without 

 the use of ink. Anger, reproach, or news, may be conveyed 

 by these eloquent emblems. 



THE CHERRY (Prunes Cerasus). — Good Education. 



" Ye may simper, blush, and smile, and perfume the air awhile; 

 But sweet things, ye must be gone, fruit, ye know, is coming on ; 

 Then, oh then, where is your grace, when as cherries come in place ?" 



Herrick, while admiring Cherry-blossom, is anticipating 

 the time when the fruit will be ripe. Very pretty is the 

 Cherry-tree when in bloom. We found two splendid spe- 

 cimens of the wild Cherry growing in the boundary-fence 

 of our grounds, where, for the last eighteen springs we have 

 had the gratification of seeing its cheering white flowers, 

 with which it was literally covered all over, as we have sat 



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