GIANT BALSAM. 



Impatient glandntifcra. 



OLI ME TANGERE" are 

 brave words for a shield or 

 banner, but with the lovers 

 of fun in ancient Rome it 

 was an expression of irony, 

 and had reference to temper 

 rather than courage, or to a 

 calamity of the nose rather 

 than to stoutness of heart. 

 In later days these words 

 had a more solemn signifi- 

 cation in connection with 

 pictures in Christian churches 

 illustrative of a moving epi- 

 sode in the New Testament 

 story. When the balsam 

 was first called " Touch-me- 

 not" it would be hard to 

 say, but the name reaches 

 far back in the usage of 

 gardens. 



It is a question if any 

 balsam can be considered a native of Britain. We have, 

 however, two British species in the books. They are 



