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ppe ; and if the plant is at all tender, the pots should be kept 

 under cover during winter. For those who wish to try the 

 experiment for curiosity, perhaps the most convenient subjects 

 #ould be any two varieties of Pelargonium, or Geranium, as 

 they are usually called, or of any species of Phlox. 



A DREAM OF WILD FLOWERS. 



I dreamed, that, as I wandered by the way, 

 Bare winter suddenly was changed to spring ; 



And gentle odors led my steps astray, 

 Mixed with a sound of waters murmuring 



Along a shelving bank of turf, which lay 

 Under a copse, and hardly dared to fling 



Its green arms round the bosom of the stream ; 



But kissed it, and then fled, as thou mightest in a dream. 



There grew pied wind-flowers and violets, 

 Daisies, those pearled Arcturi of the earth, 



The constellated flower that never sets ; 



Faiut oxlips ; tender blue-bells, at whose birth 



The sod scarce heaved ; and that tall flower that wets 

 Its mother's face with heaven-collected tears, 

 When the low wind, its playmate's voice, it hears. 



And in the warm hedge grew lush eglantine, 



Green cowbine, and the moonlight colored may, 

 And cherry blossoms, and white cups, whose wine 



Was the bright dew yet drained not by the day ; 

 And wild roses, and ivy serpentine, 



With its dark leaves and buds, wandering astray, 

 And flowers, azure, black, and streaked with gold ; 



Fairer than any wakened eyes behold. 



And nearer to the river's trembling edge, 



There grew broad flag-flowers, purple prankt with white, 

 And starry river buds among the sedge, 



And floating water lilies, broad and bright, 



