A GROUP OF CARNATIONS. 



Ssjsss 'uZttr med both for i,s superior ^ md rich •** <*■-•* — 



the rivafofThe W and a 2 h T "^ " W ° U ' d "^ "^ deSCrib<id * Mturaliste - 

 - attraets no £ ^^ & ,^S J^ ^ ff* 

 ,n .«s wild state, is of one uniform r ed. Art aeeonrplishes a,. nJnl^Tn >' 



deserves the appellation given it by botanists, D J™„.. the ££ J^L'l" s T" 

 affected to desnise thp Fl™;^'* j , w ' # Jove.f Some have 



* In fair Italians bosom bom, 



Dianthus spreads his fringed ray; 

 And glowing 'mid the purpled morn, 

 Adds fragrance to the new-born day. 



Oft by some mould'ring time-worn tower 

 Or classic stream he loves to rove, 



Where dancing nymphs and satyrs blithe 

 Once listen'd to the notes of love. 



Sweet flower, beneath thy natal sky 

 No fav'ring smiles * thy scents invite; 



To Britain's worthier region fly, 

 And "paint her meadows with delight." 



Shaw. 



■ The modern Italians, from whatever cause, are said to hold all perfumes, even those of Pl„™« • 



t From Atof, of Jove, a \foq 9 the flower. 



^^^^^^^^;\^^^ Mn*. "Sueh, by an over-great study and assigns 

 who are versed in this studv. The JndXc o til ' ■ "° ""Y ^ clear - S 'S hted in the ™'°> co-Id ever discern, but those 

 Ranunculuses, Pinks, CarnatLs, ^^iT^ZTT^ml T T T, T 1! 1 '** ***'* A ~ eS > 

 as excite wonder and astonishment, and are real] Iv SoT' T^se ml ,7, "T^ ^ ^ gWen SUCh P° m P° US names 



are only known to the adepts ; nor can sul kuowkd^ t Twk , * SC,e " Ce ^"^ t0 themselv <*' »«» mysteries of which 



in* their societies." knowledge be worth the attent.on of the botanist; wherefore let no sound botanist ever enter 



^.tstrsss rtl^::^ • Not h : a : one is to t esteemed a ■*** » ™™ ^ -*> - »«*« 



of Nature, high,y agreeable to ^SLtS^!^^^ ^ ^ "* ''" "* *"* ** ""^ 



busLssXu ol SSSSTSSitSS 2KSS2KJ2 as th T are b r t0 th r enjoyment of competent — «w - * 



serious pursuit. Whatever i its essence and whatever h dec, ' "" ^ PleaSUrC * theref ° re ' beCOmeS t0 the ""emploved a 



liberty of election. It becomes ^^^^^^7"^ "^ ^' nSt "' ^"^ "'"' be S ° Ught * a " " h ° P°*« the 

 without enervatmg the mind, a^^Sr "* P — - ** *" to exhibit objects that please, 



the^X^^^^ 



are hurried on in the career of life with too great rapidity to be able to rive a! L fon°.TThi w I ""^^ >*' that the S reater P art 

 tationin the dirtiest street of the metropolis .^here Lney can^rX^ l£ ^o^^ H^ ^ 

 « Yet the patron of refined pleasure, the elegant Epicurus, fixed the seat of his enjoyment in a garden. HeTouTt a "mnauil soor 



even the leaves of the tree undergo a pleasing vicissitude. The fresh verdure they exhibit in the spring, the various shades hlv assume m 

 summer, the yellow and russet tinge of autumn, and the nakedness of winter, afford a constant pleasure to a fine imaginatLn From 

 the snowdrop to the moss-rose, the flower-garden displays an infinite variety of shape and colour. The taste of the florist hasTe^idicuTed 



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