f love speeches, and, at the same time, 
on of the lovers mere nmenet to this flower, makes 
his hero, Hudibras, say to his mi 
FE ye res: in ridicule 
in recognition 
Where’er you tread your foot shall set 
The primrose and the violet. 
This lovely flower, is forced into rather invidious compari- 
son with the “ Queen of Flowers”—by Sir Henry Wotton, an 
acco} ished scho olar, the devo’ sn friend ae boning a Bo 
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es I. of En side He was sent b 
the Em Ferdinand, a jewel, valued ata d pounds, 
but failing to reconcile the differences betw: mia and 
Emperor, in the ent mean of his omnes zeal, he gave 
away in disgust, t the preciou ‘pea t came from an 
enemy of his royal mistress,” od he ayia’ Elizabeth.) The 
verse of the sonnet, is the one alluded 
“Ye violets that first a 
appeare, 
re pu urple Warn vite 
nie soli Eee ES EE all be seene 
In sweetnesse of her looks and minde; 
By virtue ee then choyce a Queen ; ; 
Tell me, if 
Th” Geiypee : ied ——o of her kind ?” 
rr, 2 rel ae 2 £, : » Short, 
nent, 
base. 7a of five ate pons hrtag spured behind, gerne 
Woes fies betwixt the calyx leaves 
VIRGIN’S-BOWER. 
CLEMATIS, 
Class 13.—POLYANDRIA. Order.—POLYGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. Nat. Ord. Juss. 
MULTISILIQUE. RANUNCULACES. 
Clematis, L. from the he KLEMA, a vine-shoot, tendril, twig. 
The flowers of this us have nocalyr. Petals four, = 
or six, sometimes eight, sbione, lax, pubescent. Seeds tail 
‘There are m: s of them ) soln: pegrltmanti ser 
in 
The C. Cirrhosa, Evergreen Virgin’s-bower—calle g- 
sometimes trayeller’s joy, climber, bride’s wreath, 
virgin’s-bower, etc., is a native of Andalusia—quite hardy, 
first plants of which have 
stood more than in the Chelsea ei 
white ones petals ae elli |, pubescent, on the outside 
Peduncle, or flower- ly an inch long, lateral, axil- 
, 0 red. pero ’ mb. : the vine, 
sending out branches wah every joint, w! ers it a 
C. Fiore, native of PAccged and stolen Rovt perennial ; 
or bl ish-viol ie ¥ ‘etn. +. £451, 
Anthers Gcnidnked nitive wathct had Leaves, 
compound and twice co: mpound, opposite, petioled ; leaflets 
from nine to twelve, three on each pinna, generally e: 
Seeds with long plumose tails. 
To late summer’s fragrant breath 
feathery garlands dance, 
= ‘ied grahak Wek bank Wilote wince: 
land also re it asher own. The fair Ellen whose 
praises have been sung in harmonious poesy, busied herself 
in training it around ne rude pillars of her father’s lodge— 
oe cpendaitng mt pS to the green, 
\ rural it 
Aloft on nai mtv jatase 
/f mountain fir with eR uns shorn, 
he en’s hand had taught to twine 
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The clematis, the favor’d flower 
Whi 
f 
I 
,och-Katrine’s keen and search 
ne Lady of the Lake. 
VOLKAMERIA. 
(See Note on Clerodendron.) 
WALL-FLOWER. 
CHEIRANTHUS. 
See Gilly Flower.) 
Class 15,—TETRADYNAMIA. Order.—sILIQuosa. 
inane te pen aes pig eas er, and Wall-flower. 
Wall-flower is the Keiri, of t rabians. The mode 
name Cheiranthus, for wall: howe, lax = stock, was given by 
Linnzus, 
C. Cheiri, named = Gerard, bra eeth, and Wall-Gilly- 
flower, is one of the cruciform flowers, having o nly four tas 
which expand in thef form of a cross. 0 pl yi varie- 
ties are the ow, and the yellow and bloody. umerous 
e arisen from these, 
ich the romance writers 5 Sh ar 
mastic 
mes by 
eet perfume—fit emblem of “ ‘Faas in 
7 4 z £, Fae i ae Peay Sule 
The wall-flowe7 ip 4 J 
Greenwood, 
To me it speaks of loveliness 
That passes not with youth; 
Of — which ree can bless, 
Of constancy and tru 
But in rerbisiy Ab dark hour 
When glory is gone by ; 
i co a its Lard power 
The e to beautif. 
An emblem true thou 
Of love’s enduring iste given 
To cheer a lonely heart 
B. Barton. 
WA - Pian .. 
HOYA, 
Class 5.—PENTANDRIA. Order.—DIGYNIA. 
at. Ord. Linn, Mee Biteed = 
CONTORTE. 
med, by Mr. Brown, in ho: — 2 Hoy, F L.S 
an psoas botanist, and pcos of flow 
