‘The diffe nd somew. e world ‘0 
narcotic. The emblem, and illustration are its acubes peeioe py etc., abounds ‘init. Au ful plant in all its 
appropriate. cies. The Dut ch sweet oe (cM. Gale,) biogewcty hes a good 
bstitute for hops. The berries of all, aff odori — 
wax, highl ne A. bes TS . mich 80, tha t in _— 
MYRTLE. the candles made e been exclusively . 
served for the royal ‘bowel, perticalaly for the invalid ee 
° A fi 
sono tr remah eas eg paca grateful. The scent of the berry when sa pl einer Je: 
Nat. Ord. Linn . vise ‘tone ee bead of the ce = ar, but when area, is more like 
HESPERIDE®. rin ind © The color, 
Mie sz es m £ , + th h + £ ¢. 
priestess, in _ roe: of om ag "she: was a great favor- 
t, Myrtus ; Gr. 
In the calendar of Faltas ‘Cadets we find the month of April 
pro’ goddes: 
der the protection of the 8 ; and the first day 
of the month, dedicated to Venus, with flowers and Myrt 
Mi wh was worn by neral hom an oyatio 
d ‘ n of which, according to Plutarch, in 
his life of Marcellus, was, that, as an ovation was r 
some remarkable s 8, 0 y treaty, or without much 
oodshed, it ry that the general, at his public appear- 
ance, should be c 3 who, of 
all the dei pose t ITO 
of war. 
an OX; ly in the lesser, a sheep—in ovis, whence the 
be fe the general who put a ~~ chy a war, by policy 
or persuasion, sa —— a bullock ; but se success was 
owing to force of arms, offered on: aa. for, though they 
were a very warlike people, _ though it more honorable, 
and more worthy of a hum by eloquence 
and wisdom, than by ima 
In Herodotus, we are told that the ancients expressed triumph 
pres et by. the Myrtle. hero it as a mark i vic- 
& J 
oth BEE ig ae Age f the 
quet. Venus i is said to have = aa = ca Scone bates 
decided in her favor the prize of beauty; and. 
cord, 
ted holding in one hand a pomegranate ; in the ose 
bundle of myrtle. The nature of these trees is, that, if th 
be planted a good space apart, they will meet and Gigs. 
Virgil designates it as the plant of lore. 
“From sets, will bloom the myrtle, plant of love.” 
The myrtle, on thy breast or brow, 
Would lively hope and love avow. J. H. Wiffin. 
MYRTLE CANDLE-BERRY; or, SWEET-WILLOW. 
MYRICA, 
Class 2.—prorcta. Order_—tTETRANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. Ne 5 
AMENTACEX. 
applying the 
present name to this genus that he preferred it the Dutch 
Gale or Gaule, adopted by Tournefort a 
increasing © ‘heigh t and spreading orebsncasae ‘a it extends 
to the h. It bears a slight r mblance to the commo: 
e me naa size of the ae ry, is 
of a pepper-corn, of an ash-color. hadey' ch eect it has a 
aie meal nel; from this 
ax is extracted b boiling i in wi 
e extre a their surface sprinkled a with 
reves a shrub, abundant on 
ndy hills near the ocea In the soars it is filled with 
sessile, » crowded, small Berries, covered 
The specific name is easily traced to the Latin word, cera, 
wax. 
The delicious fragrance f the bw urning go formed f 
the wax of Myrica, would aces be o ho oly use ieniabe 
all sweet odors are sought t for r, by th it may 
+ 
be Usdses Of other 
atlas than our own, which prevents our desi ignating these 
tapers as most appropriately forming the sacred lights of the 
altar, on hed most solemn occasions. 
a poetic not ice Bed ne beens? under —, M2 swe 
favorite soil—and of its aetna 
Gale from the bog shall pena Arabian balm, 
And the green willow wave a golden palm 
rabbe. —Birth of Flattery. 
ne green oziers with the fragrant Gale, 
Join hand in and, and in eee «ae 
NARCISSUS: POETIC. 
NARCISSUS, POETICUS. 
Olass 6.—HEX ANDRIA. Order.—MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn, Nat. ai gus 
SPATHACEX. NARCI 
adopted from the ay b Set have _— 
the 
, a name 
that the flower which bears it, ori 
mas 
ntain. Some hav ve derived it it from a Gree 
bee ge ARKE, stupor. f the too power- 
ful odor of the flower; which, in some Ree ae produce 
headache , and a a partial Joss of re collection 
‘Ries ike 
his — in slighting th Echo, i in favor of his 0 esi 
shadow: as, also, to the tower with i its reputed narcotic pro- 
perties, before Ovid elegantly combined 
of the sli; 
win’ s fe ye the Plants. 
