ita _“~ _F 
m they cannot grieve 
op’d, and, looking round, 
gro ound, 
ory, acarte ce 
pl 
conveys 
rild 
h k locks, and smiled, 
mile, her ind wath: winning sway, 
Viled the’old h 
; 
I 
7 
Ss 
He 
y 
Faint Ox-lips ; cca blue-bells, at whose birth 
red. 
The sod scarce hea Shelley. 
ete Hare-bell, are vate as sy cera s for the same 
flower. _ serv: oo has s n that the superior magni- 
tude can vigor ae of es Spring, to that of the 
detente, tremulous fragile isle Sell of the Autumn, would 
gifs distinction (hyperbolically sp eakin ing) as 
t bet the lily of the phot en: nd the © pardon Fe y. 
ue-bell or haretel, ‘the bright or- 
r fi 
nm Saint 
George 
low racer purity and simplicity, with — ere: tyranny, and 
all that was unlovely 
HAWTHORN. 
CRAT AGUS. 
A. MESPILUS. 
Class 12.—1cOSANDRIA, 
Nat. peel eg 
PO 
Order.—DIGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. Juss. 
ROSACES. 
itd 
Taw: ee the n hag-thorn, or h ml, a spe- 
cies of Medlar; the ee chat mia haste the pp ectuetag 
(See Johnson and Webster.) 
te hope from the Greek xratarcos, definition the wild 
cing our examination of this plant, we are refer- 
ritewis for a Siamese of the Hawthorn. Under 
there are ral ies described, which are, 
opr articie Mespilus, to whi ch we are 
. Mespilus, is $ therefore, (as 1 
5 
24 4th 
red ti 
this anticle 
also, t ound under 
referred = ‘the Class, Qrietset ot 
Medter a4 Hawihor 
The Me. 5a is putive to America and — d varies, 
in height, fro shrub, to a tall tree. which oe 
the — leaves is preferred for hedges, eee its bran 
lose toge ‘ 
ral rae th 
ether. The thorns of the whole genus are ee 
rate egus of Linpene, is distinguished from his Mes- 
ing but two styles, and, occa- 
ionall rs with but one; while 
the: a aa five.” are sometimes mentioned as the 
Phillips. 
Men have sei asap from nits ge branch 
Large mediars, imitating cro 
The fruit of the Med eet is said to be eatable only when age 
or decay has mellowed i 
ere half ripe, 
And that’s fee right virtue of the medlar. 
Haw, the berry, or seed of the hawthorn, is also noticed. 
The seed of the bramble with kernel and haw. Tusser. 
Store of haws and hips portend cold winters. Bacon. 
y brown, or reddish ; 
Shaks. 
The fruit of the Medlar, is 
mon hawthorn, 
Now hawthorns Se now the daisies spring. Pope. 
wabccg = 
seats benea' 
For mages age, and ‘whispering lovers m: 
mith’s prowl Village. 
And Saunt’ early mange hy Stig 
Like ul hope upo ar. 
i adorns the oe of his _ soil, with this hand- 
some, and by association, nyommer tate resting flower. In usher- 
ing i oe battle the hardy 
Kah e are et hea sed 
Drayton. 
him th 
varied huey 
And true to promise ved the wa 
By thicket green and mounta ge) ; 
A wildering path !— ged w inded now, 
aie ng _ precipice’ 8 bro 
* * 
, the foot was fain 
hall 
so stee 
e 
It rivals all but beauty’s t tear! 
The following lines formed a part of the soliloquy of King 
VI., which though to nature in its touching pathos, 
ee es + 
Gives not the hawthorn-bush a sweeter shade 
To shepherds era swt re! — sheep, 
Caen doth a rich em 
‘o kings, that fear ‘he parusdne treachery ? 
o, yes, it doth; a thousand fold it doth. 
HEART’S EASE. 
VIOLA TRICOLOR. 
5,—PENTANDRIA. Order.—MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. 
CAMPANACEE 
Class 
at, “ 
CISTI ET VIOLACEX. 
"(For r Viola, see Violet. 
Viola tricolor, or Pansy Violet, from the French pensee, 
thought. 
And there are Pansies, that’s for thoughts. Shaks. Hamlet. 
ere styl’d by sportive fancy’s better 
“ 4 thought,” “the Heart’s Ease,” or Shea hie” 
Earton. 
Appealing by | the magic of its name 
a kept 
L. E. L 
* See dedication of Flowers, April 23rd. 
