INDIAN JASMINE. 



of ruins, it is the ornament of the old walls which support it ; 

 it receives nothing beyond ; but, a constant friend, it dies 

 where it attaches itself 



" The Ivy, that staunchest and firmest friend, 

 That hastens its succouring arm to lend 

 To the ruined fane, where in youth it sprung, 

 And its pliant tendrils in sport were flung. 

 When the sinking buttress and mouldering tower 

 Seem only the spectres of former power, 

 Then the Ivy clusters around the wall, 

 And for tapestry hangs in the moss-grown hall, 

 Striving in beauty and youth to dress 

 The desolate place in its loneliness." — Twamley. 



INDIAN JASMINE [Bignonia ra^zVawj).— SEPARATION, 



How wonderful the harmony which we observe on all sides 

 from the relative adaptation of animal and vegetable life. 

 The butterfly adorns the rose; the nightingale lends her 

 sweet notes to our groves ; the bee, in the act of pilfering 

 them, gives animation to the flowers which yield their rich 

 treasure. Thus, throughout nature, the insect is fitted for the 

 flower, the bird for the tree, the quadruped to the plant. 

 Man alone can enjoy the harmony of things, and he alone 

 can break the unison and mutual dependence which exists 

 in the universe. His greedy and rash hand snatches an 

 animal from the climate suited to its being, and thinking 

 only of his own gratification, he too often forgets the plant 

 which would have made his new slave unmindful of the 

 sweetness of its native country. If he brings the plant, 



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