Syvinga. 
Philadelphus corgnarius. Natrurat Orver: Saxifragacee—Saxifrage Family. 
HIS showy shrub is one of several bearing the same cogno- 
is 
men, the classic name of which was bestowed in honor of 
Ptolemzus Philadelphus, an ancient king of Egypt, and the 
founder of the celebrated Alexandrian library. In early sum- 
mer it is a handsome object, and is an addition to any land- 
scape when covered by the creamy-white flowers that adorn 
its stems and burden the air with their honeyed fragrance, the odor 
of which is similar to the orange blossom, whence it is sometimes 
called Mock-Orange. It is a native of Europe, but has been very 
many years naturalized in America. Cultivated on the lawn, its 
branches sway in graceful luxuriance; but if space is an object, it 
Soin allow itself to be trained against a wall, and withhold not its 
(& abundant bloom. Another variety, called Philadelphus grandiflorus, 
is very similar in appearance, but the flowers are odorless. 
(Qemary, 
6 es friends regretted, scenes forever dear, 
Remembrance hails you with her warmest tear! 
Drooping she bends o’er pensive Fancy’s urn, 
To trace the hours which never can return. 
—Byron. 
E will revive those times, and in our memories Kindled their mutual fires, their equal beams 
Preserve, and still keep fresh, like flowers in water, Shot and return’d, till, link’d and twin’d in one, 
Those happier days; when at our eyes our souls They chain’d our hearts together. —Denham. 
CANNOT but remember such things were 
That were most precious to me. — Shakespeare. 
ULL'’D in the countless chambers of the brain, TILL o’er these scenes my memory wakes, 
Our thoughts are link’d by many a hidden chain; And fondly broods with wiser care; 
Awake but one, and lo! what myriads rise! Time but the impression deeper makes, 
Each stamps its image as the other flies! As streams their channels deeper wear, 
—kogers. 
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—Burns. 
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