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juice is distilled from the plant, and conveyed 

 to the nectary, for the double purpose of giv- 

 ing nourishment to the parts of fructification 

 and decomposition to the farina, 



" These, nature's works, the curious mind employ, 

 Inspire a soothing melancholy joy." 



The woodbine has a light and elegant, but 

 negligent air, better calculated to ornament 

 rural groves than to embellish stately gardens, 

 and a more suitable climber for the rustic 

 porch than the modern portico. Cunning- 

 ham has given it to the Cottage of Content. 



" Green rushes were strew'd on her floor, 

 Her casement sweet woodbines crept wantonly round, 

 And deck'd the sod seats at her door/' 



The perfume of the honeysuckle being of 

 the most agreeable kind, it should be fre- 

 quently met with in the shrubbery ; when 

 planted near the fore-ground it ought to be 

 kept cut as a shrub, which, as well as giving 

 neatness, ensures a succession of flowers. In 

 the wilderness walks, it should have liberty 

 to climb the trees, and hang its wreaths from 

 branch to branch ; and where the ivy gives 

 verdure to the bare trunk, there should the 

 woodbine display its blossoms and shed its 

 odours ; as also over the rural arbours of the. 



