60 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



variegated thymej ThiiiiiiA officinalis fol. var., is a bright 

 plant on a dry chalky soil^ but a poor thing in a London 

 garden. Wo liere close the list^ and repeat the question — 

 Why are the labiates so prolific of variegated leaves ? 



" Thei-e never yet was flower fair in vain, 



Let classic poets rhyme it as they will ; 

 The seasons toil that it may blow again, 



And summer's heart doth feel its every ill ; 

 Nor is a true soul ever born for naught ; 



"Wherever any such hath lived and died, 

 There hath been something for true freedom wrougit, 



Some bulwark levelled on the evil side : 

 Toil on, then, Greatness 1 thou art in the right, 



However narrow souls may call thee wrong; 

 Be as thou would be in thine own clear sight, 



And so thou wilt in all the world's ere long ; 

 For worldlings cannot, struggle as they may. 

 From man's great soul one great thought hide away.'' 



