h y ' ; ee _ I ray, to foed my flame 
and o' inscribe her baal 
wt 
wy Alo 
as th el 
va power Bie wi sigh increase my love.” "Betigw a 
bell has appropriated a di: t poem ti he Bee 
wae Petition” —the ees i ie "Ae which 2 . 
notice of our 
* Thrice events summers I have stood 
In bloomless, fruitless solitude ; 
Since childhood in my nestling bower, 
First spent its s rtive hour, 
Since youthful lovers in my shade 
Their vows of trut rapture paid, 
And on m *s surviving frame 
\ Carv’d many a long forgotten name. 
Oh, by v of gentle soun 
First breath’d upon this sacred gro’ 
Or beauty h ravish’d ear. 
As padegern me, 
Spare, he beechen tree !”? 
‘BELVIDERE. 
SCOPARIA DULCIS. 
Class 4,—TETRANDRIA Order.—MoNOGYNIA. 
Nat. e sere ve . Jus: 
PERSO: ULARI 
—— an ol but not classical name. Its common ety 
n the Greek and Lath » from Verus, or rather 
- Veronica, 
wecelved Kae a a of our Saviour’s ae as he used it 
bearing his he place of crucifi 
Veronica is peeks iated from m Vericonica, of Vera-icon, q. d. 
i 
brosinus rd Veronica > and o; 
ated in the druggis ts? shops ages me country. He favors the idea 
of its | Being corrupted fro. tea, our Betonica, or Betony. 
inal fine, and video, to see, 
e La are agents ihc sagas tis 
used in the West Indies for r mating broo 
Dulcis, Sweet 
es have 
s in J ys, 
that th f the expressed jui f these sk 
taken and morning, for three days, og counted an in- 
ee It has long been known in 
-houses as an annual of no great beauty. It blossoms 
throughout ne summer: the stem is very y, angular: 
leaves rem an inch sete) light green, —. coe and 
bluntly base: rs small, mes 
‘oeatla waslehagen deeply fo ye numerous axillary, 
solitary, on short sle x in four deep equal 
BIRD’S-FOOT TREFOIL. 
: LOTUS, 
: Class \7.—prapELpHta. Order.—DECANDRIA. 
- Ord. Linn. = Ord. oe 
_. PAPILIONACE, 
: Ae Tet iatdidint ancien 
od Sony foreman mene csc countries 
. foil, prt ge ? 
see 
asa et oots perennial 
The Crimson-winged Pea, or L. Tetragonolobus, is a hardy 
annual, with deep crimson velve he » also, 
sculent. This Leagend ha: as pee ce Stebrated, as having first 
o— DY f the plants. He 
d its fl to cl p in the e g, and open again 
in the morning. 
Common cma a Trefoil, L. Corniculatus,* ma aoe found 
in open grassy pa where it i $ conspicuous i in the tumn, 
with capi ofa a golden yellow. sparc 
with dark re t lothed lose-pressed hairs: Oe 
or cad vecet of a shining brown pear color: roots peren 
recommended for fodder and hay, by the name 
The essential aoenaerZ of this genus, is Legume vale 
straight, wings cohering longitudinally above: “ggiae tubular 
filaments dilated upwards: corolla papilionaceo 
BLUE BOTTLE, 
CENTAUREA CYANUS. 
Class 19.—sYNGENESIA. Order.—POLYGAMIA FRUSTRANEA. 
at. - Linn. ag Ord. Juss. 
NAROCEPHALE, 
the Greek KeNravnos, the Centaur Chiron, 
said to have employed o: rtd the species to heal a 
ound dsetdentalym ry e in his fot, f Her- 
eee poisoned a 
Man ny of th 
p ragrant—as C, Moschata, 
1 Cc. Suave 0 lens, See sweet sultan. C. 
Splnden with beautiful purple flowers, and a silvery caly X, 
e Bottle, C. Cyanus, is a pretty field flower, with 
dark bias, funnel-shaped florets, and black anthers. In its 
wil state, those colors are always retained, but erin 
varies, refines, and multiplies its florets, until it has becom 
f the pa apron 
‘Opener is fablel to aye received its name from the 
veut Cyanus. who was 80 fn onately fond of these flowers, 
as to pass al th m, forming 
them. into gesture, ete, ie one of his ecstatic earick he w 
i by their accumu- 
y , findin 
Tpowerea 
ag 
lated Sweets—and Flora » with whom he'wi 
him in this situation, changed him i fl 
In Scotland it is called Blue-Bonnet, in German 
nh rk, Ki bie , in Fran 
eye. 
spec also denotes - eadaialie ng 
color of this species, being derived from the Greek KUANOS, 
cerulean. y azare, » dark blue le, ete. 
Mgt ba = 
0 either continent of America ; but this sol itary one, is 
perhaps the largest flowered = the whole eso It is culti- 
Las an annual, bein ng neous in situations, 
1 River iad the Arka anes Tt attains the 
height of three “4 four The betes few in number, 
are termina a large flower of a pale pink color, or rarely, 
by cultivation, Ate 
BOX. 
2 BUXUS. 
Class 21.—monazcta. ; Order. _—TETRANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. | Nat. Ord. Juss. 
TRICOCC. co ehesneacapgeangie * 
Burrus. I. fr the G@ I; 2 box, and ene 
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