HAJSTDPUL II. 



" The tribes of early flow'rets, 



Like holy thoughts enslirined, 

 An altar to the unseen Orod, 

 They raise in every mind. 

 The hiUs and eTerlasting skies 



In grandeur have their birth, 

 But the early flow'rets only 

 Bis image bring to earth." 



Banes. 



Handful the second ; what have we got ? Bright 

 yellow blossoms of broom (Fig. 23), the bonny 

 golden broom, which every one knows, or ought to 

 know ; and equally bright and golden are those of 

 the gorae or fnrze, or, as it is called in Scotland, 

 the whin, which will make themselves seen on every 

 common and roadside. Take these, and add to 

 them the first of the pea or vetch tribe (Fig. 24) 

 you meet with, throwing in a few heads of clover to 

 make up a family party, of which the members, 

 you quickly discover, all carry the same family face. 

 Gro on with your coUedting ; gather hawthorn in its 

 season, and a crab-apple blossom or two ; wild 



