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Fi “ff yo e é 
( EES ah, tig: ; D> a 
ry ap Sey 
“ a gS 
Hoy , is a genus str Stet or decumbent shrubs, with 
and many-flowered umbels, standing 
ed. H. 
of the most delicate blush pores That 
of H. Viridiflora, n and scent 
None of the species can bear exposure to the « direct rays 0! 
ti if neon 
the sun 
tne sul 
to its withering heat. 
WEEPING-WILLOW. 
SALIX BABYLONICA. 
Class grange Order.—DIANDRIA. 
N et Nat. Ord. Juss. 
AM AMENTACES. 
Saliz, scoring to some etymologists, derived from salio, to 
rise, or spring up. In allusion to the quick growth of these 
The Greek os trea, derived from IENAI, to go, 
because it grows fast. De Theis deduces saliz from the Celtic 
sal, near, and " water ; snag to the ordinary situation 
of the willow tribe. The eeping willo Ww ‘is us were planted 
near the water, over which i drooping ft 
priate an yet we are that it thrives 
best in a dry gravelly soil, being then less ae to split or decay. 
While with the poplar, on the mazy shore 
The willow waves its azure foliage hoar. Vir. Geo. b. 2. 
It received its name Salix Babylonica from Linnzus, in allu- 
sion to ie 137th Psalm 
Affiicted Israel shall sit weeping down, 
Nor joyous hymn encouraging - tongue. 
On the heey thy harp is suspende 
Oh m 
Prior. 
But left me that token of 
And ne’er shall its soft dk be 7c blended 
With the voice of the spoiler by m Byron. 
Silent — beg cord unstrung, 
On pendant willow crc hung. Booker. 
Willow; (gwilou, Welsh,) is defined by Johnson to be ‘ 
tree, of the bo —_ of which a garland was said to na orn eg 
forlorn lovers 
In aha the sad aire a 
e willow gar’ Drayton. 
ffered him eae ee aged to a willow-tree, to make at a 
eat as being forsak 
inee euch a _— 
Stood i a willow in her han 
Upon th , and waved pea love 
To come apis to cutaes 
[ll wear the willow garland for his sake. Same. 
The song of the willow, introduced by Sh a pect’ into h: 
Othello, is said to have been taken from an id ballad, to “sd 
Shaks. 
found in “‘ Percy’s easy of Ancient Poetry,” entitled ‘‘ A 
Lover’s Complaint 
psesune ein mother had a maid call’d Barbara ; 
She was in a ; and he she lov’d, prov’d mad, 
And “did forsa e her: she had a song of willow, 
An old thing", i 
And she died 
The illustrious author varied his song, somewhat, and made 
it the seer of a fair da From the original ballad, I shall 
transcribe a line: 
** Come, all yee fo rsaken, and sit down by m 
alse love, mine’s falser than she; 
The willow wreath weare I, since my love did fleet, 
greene wi ow shall te my aac 
Farewell, faire fi ; plaints end with bon beeen! 
hice a loath me, at oa e vikeg Eig though sone 
The e birds sate by him, made tame by his phe Soca 
The a tears fell fr from him, which pul the stones.”? 
The S. Babylonica is a native of the Leaves lanceolate, 
taper-pointed. ond naked, accompanying the leaves. As 
the branches droop, the catkins ascend in a recurved manner. 
WHEAT. 
TRITICUM. 
Class 3.—TRIANDRIA. Order.—DYGINTA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. Nat. Ord. Juss. 
GRAMINA. GRAMINER. 
Latin ere derived from tritum, ground 
nner in which grain is pre- 
Triticum, an old 
or rubbed—in allusion to the 
pared for the food of manki re 
shane . me hwete ; Gothic, hwit; Dutch, weit, wheat- 
grass, o 
o all sorts of ee fit for food, sal 
tntary hia rye, € 
grasses, W 
eat 
pene of the greater length of its beard, or 
e Romans c ultivated mare the bearded wheat, its —_—— 
pa ee 
‘The flower of triticum, consists of a calyz of two wehens, 
G 
husk or r chaff,) tra ve’ verse, cont ning a about 
flowers. Corolla ee mae nearly sear valves, aed of the 
cal 
Ceres, the goddess of corn and harvest, was represented with 
a garland of ears of corn on her head. Bcvesh os creme 
tion of the loss of her satignies re cele 
about the beginning of harvest; that of of thee ase oto pres her, 
at the time that corn is sown in the 
WOODBINE 
LONICERA. 
(See Honeysuckle.) 
Class 5.—PENTANDRIA. Order.—MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. Linn. Nat. Ord. Juss. 
REG. CAPRIFOLIA. 
Woodbine, or Woodbind, no doubt from the ape coped of its 
branches, se its a of twining round, 
or wood, that ma; placed near it. 
But those who wear the woodbine on their brow, 
Were knights of love who never broke their vow; 
Firm to their plighted fai faith, and ever 
From fears, and fickle chance, and —— 
