According to a ac! nen the pine was sacred t 
of Ju) (R 
Rhea, mother 
the earth was Wo! 
To Rhea g . till, the ome reininry 
For Atys “still some favor she 
He per oa human bog eh her “s ‘a had _ 
An is cherish’d, to a tree transfor 
core Ovid, 
hea, one of the names under ehiths 
bi: 
gia, auch esteemed ‘ae 
at Aty. 
Cybele  C Sette, same as ch Ve esta, 
Ceres, tc.,) because = — introdu pons -_ worship and festi- 
vals tito Asia Minor. after his d 
tree, by Cybele, ani © ever after, that * tree was “sacred to “the 
pes ag ies = 
the - Fun deities, was crowned with | Pine. 
He 
d into 
a a bundle of reeds, from which “Pan —— formed the mu- 
call 
yring, or Pan 
°*Twas mighty Pan 
Toj jos with wax the various reeds began 
Pan, the great god of all our subject piste. 
Virgil’s Ecl. 2. 
A crown 0! upon his head he wore; 
And thus “ear her pity to implore. Dryden’s Ovid. 
Black Spruce Pine, P. Nigra, to. be fi rom Canada 
Carolina. — csaapsied or double ence, spies Nigra, of Mi. 
chaux, the shes of » ae a the 
Saveee pre beer. The k, gloomy 
a dar 
green: cones ovate, hardly above an an inch aber crowded about 
them, and before they become ary, i are of a rich pur 
ida, three-leaved V 
ance, The i leaves are conte all arou 
ascending, cleat y Harm each scar 
talk. Ci ndulous, 
White pine, tae is one 
forests. 
The Burgund 
y 
of the chief ornaments of our 
Ithas a iedtinees of coloring and 8g sone 
“of leaf, that recommends it t to all | lovers of na 
our pines north of the Carolin 
sound 8 produ 
A e wind through the leaves of the pine is 
notorious all gh ons that have an ear for harm: 
, not eal m6 Oi 
armony, or a | 
his eighth 
ia 
the 
t e, that the resinous nature of the juices of the finely 
meyer ses leaf, ag the the many points or edges it presents 
h nd, m nt for the peculiarly affecting wild 
a promi een object of admiration to the 
omantic Fitz-James, wh uring the heat of the chase, he is 
left alone in the wild bahia scenery— 
*¢ Aloft, the ash and w arrior = 
Cast 
Where seem’d the cliff 
His boughs athwart the ees sky. 
Scott’s Lady of the Lake. 
Pat Nie 
DIANTHCS. 
Class 10.—DECANDRIA. Order.—DIGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. Nat. Ord. Jus 
CARYOPHYLLEI, CARYOPHYLLEI. 
eae ges L the Greek Jove, and ANTHOs, a 
flo A name gi y Linne us to ads pink and carnation 
pomeg and which nati Jove’s —— 
“Pink, English; from pink, eye: whence the 
Fre word tere i.e. ed Caryphiin, Latin; Welsh, 
pinc, smart, fi -?—Johns' d Webster. 
The emetic ‘eas is Sow agg ey or white, and scented; by 
culture the petals iad e been enlarged and multiplied, and its 
color infinitely va. 
* 
With hues on hues expression cannot paint, 
The breath of nature and her endiess bloom. Thomson. 
Each pink sends forth bs ioghieiayg sweet 
eet, 
Aurora’s warm embra: M. Robinson. 
Florists heen st two pri ne ear amas eo —_ 
pinks. The la ane hed b 
more pee ble peor ab 
specie 
y some asserted to na a distiuet 
ation 
Spencer writes: it inde. oer, because aiey: were 
m hence, proba bly » the 
eens name. 
coronations, em sops in wine, 
Bring 
Worn of paramou Spencer. 
Bring rich carnations, flower. 
The chequed and purple-rix fodillies. 
ms atte ime of Pan. 
ily ower ” from eck e-like 
Ags frequently use i ae 
ing ache as well 
pecific name, from 
‘It was also called * Clov 
: and 
“Carnation’d like a peeping infant’s cheek.’? se 
The flower of the es ometimes, more than 
inches in diameter. tals crenate, but less Finged, or or 
notched, th th f th e 
ore than an inch in length, be deter Pain troal 
pois irs. somewhat rhomboid, very s 
ian Pink ; or, China Pink. 
Its owe ace syn branching stems, like those ofthe 
com: ne et ing ivi red co! fone The marks of 
tiful, in its single state, obscured when the 
