keep their a ae coasts, 
India, alone, the sable ebon 
: ranch of Souabamiin: sa 
Geo. B. 2. 
the Arabians, who trafficked with their oriental 
ib cc and were © often the carriers of F their seyeral pro- 
ducts 
we find in other passages of the same author, the frankincense 
located with them. 
**See’st thou not Tmolus,f saffron sweet dispense ? 
Her ivory Ind? Arabia, frankincense ?” Geo. B. 1. 
To enhance: the value of this oriental perfume, we find in 
erodotus., t h hich d ] 
b 9 
it, was guarded by swarms of fying serpents, “small of body 
ho 
r remarks, so 
e 
> 
these incense- 
reposing trust, and mutua 1 confidence, that wo id of vise 
ensure the happiness of two loving hea: Of all — the 
mind is disen ted, by the exquisite sree of its perfum 
The altar’s _. ha aod fillets bind— 
The strong frank re st vervain rig 
That mi kindness” 
“oe ew n 
To crown the rites, Gat ‘ll-enchanting : strains. 
Vir. Ecl. 8. 
The altars blaze with rich Arabian sweets. 
Vir. Geo. B. 4. 
conan: the ee and devout affections of the mn in 
which the beloved object is enshrined. 
FRINGE TREE. 
CHIONANTHUS. 
Class 2.—DIANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. 
SEPIAR 
Order.—MONOGYNIA. 
Ord. Linn. 
RIZE. 
The generic name is derived from the Gr. cu10N, snow, and 
ANTHOS, a flower, 
tries, as that of on Chionanthus purpurea, with purple 
a hite flowering in the Caribee Islands, Guiana, 
* Sabon. The Sabeans, were an African zen of idolaters, more ancient 
tree ' orests. 
are handsom hes | 
broad, one etiolated, — 
white, in ery 
eo ine ee eet pba ce of rich fringe. Its hihi are 
tired, shunning the broad gaze of the sun, and seeking the 
mos shady and secluded i ee oe its snowy fringe grace- 
The flowers are of - snow- 
fully ee Po T, presents a beautiful em- 
blem of timid 
FUCHSIA. 
Class 8.—OCTANDRIA. Order.—MONOGYNIA. 
‘at, Ord. Linn. Nat. Ord. Juss. 
CALYCANTHEM2E, ONAGRE 
uchsia, So ed by Plumier, in honor of Leonard Fuch- 
sabtapdished G erman Bsc n and botanist, partic us 
iy celebra ted for his figures of plants. Born at Wembdi ing 
— inl 
€ species chiefly cultivated, are the F. coccinea, a native 
ili, S.A. It is a shrub of from three to six feet high, 
i ched. Leaves, t 
Althoug en-house plant, it w ill bear the open 
garden in a well shielded situation 
The F. Tri riphylla, or three-leaved Fuchsia, i isa native of the 
West Indies; an } 
Leaves three toge etherin a whorl. The calyxabout an inch and 
a half long, scarlet as well as the petals. pcre _ ost glob- 
ular, and rather larger than a common black 
GERANIUM. 
PELARGONIUM. 
Class 16.—MONADELPHIA. Order,—HEPTANDBEIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. Nat. ston Juss. 
GRUINALES. GERAN 
Pelargonium, L. from the Greek peLarcos, a stork, in allu- 
sion to the beak of the trait, resembling the bill of that bird, 
Bill; a Greek word GERANOS, sieniying a cran e. 
mbraces what are commonly known by the 
Ge: vibe apsla rs which, dontles, con- 
fro a 
tubula: piped he to say nothing of the number of 5 
It is vee 
cultivated 
than pesaten, ; They oo ee a POE tay: 6g cag fragran ee 
pe ee hi “ of its tek é 
——* or the worship and adoration be whey — and other heavenly The Crane wh Bill Geranium, is of the same Soe and order as 
were ‘haidte have Pelargoniu t cand: ria, instead 
apa introduced it, tsi si were a nation rich in all that consti- | of seven, Spence 
tutes the world’s splendor, us jewels, spices, rich perfnmes, etc. The Cri 
, im shoe Ladctadce yecenare mar ot = be _ Pig cern — pin nese “ as ere 
Trot pairing wind, to all the gorgeo! ee ‘pexesniry with which she By aioe nagsiotanan - 
surrounded in, as to recom- 
“Sam tm mend it to our attention, and ‘which ou y gar- 
Saba, mentioned as the the mart of frankin de med the best know 
: re . ee ee ae n, ie nown aes ic in the whole 
in Ovid, 
According to ore ear in this mountain that Apollo pnnished 
Midas, king hing of Pvt bine ae bs os een rity 
ire i a usc long ears of an animal noted for ite 
