320 



that's it ; 



sends its representatives in beautiful varieties 

 of asters, laurels, roses, azaleas, rhododendrons, 

 lilies, and violets. Mexico, where Africans, 

 Indians, and Europeans, constitute a singularly- 

 mixed community, 2G4, 285,* contributes the 

 splendid* tiger-flowers, the bell-flowered pent- 

 stemen, various members of the cactus tribes, 

 and all the originals of our dahlias. Guiana, 

 267, where the tropical vegetation is of the most 

 magnificent description, sends the Victoria 

 regina. New Granada, where in the dry season 

 vegetation is blasted with hot winds, and air 

 volcanoes heave up the heated soil of the 

 savannahs, 268, contributes the musk-scented 

 monkey flower, some beautiful annuals known 

 as Collynsias, and several lupins. Brazil, where 

 the pampas grass, 269, grows almost to the 

 height of a tree, sends the bristly impomea. 

 South America, where the panther prowls in 

 the woods, 271, and sea lions bask in the sun 

 upon the shores, 272, sends some beautiful 

 verbenas, various orchids, and most of the 

 curious cacti. Even the sterile shores of the 

 Straits of Magellan, 274, contribute two varieties 

 of the ancistrum, one of the berberry, &c. 

 Cold Lapland, whose face seems covered with 

 perpetual snows, 276, makes her offering of the 

 water carex, and two or three small willows. 

 And cheerless Siberia, whose steppes long wear 

 the mantle of winter, and appear undisturbed, 

 save where the foot-print of the wolf follows in 

 the track of the sledge, 277, is represented by 

 various anemones, co'wnbines, gentans, pceonies, 

 and poppies— & richer bouquet than she might 

 be expected to afford. 



From Jap m, though the curious people in- 

 habiting the Japanese islands, 278, seek to avoid 

 communication with the rest of the world, we 

 derive the five-leaved cissus, the Japanese serissa, 

 and some beautiful lilies. From China, that 

 great empire whose people, 279, 280, though 

 exhibiting many refinements, appear to have 

 little share in the progress of mankind, we 

 obtain the luxuriant hollyhock, some azaleas, 

 pceo-ries, chrysanthemums, lilacs, roses, nearly 

 all the camellia^, and the curious pitcher plant. 

 From the Philippine Islands, where rice swamps, 

 282, yield their abundant produce, we obtain 

 the rose-coloured Paxtonia, so called in honour 

 of Sir Joseph Paxton. From Borneo, where 

 piratical hordes still abound, and carry on a 

 heartless system of plunder upon the seas, 

 284, we have Bethune's clrodeen'lron, a beautiful 

 description of verbena, and Low's cceiogyne, a 

 curious plant with bulbous roots, and spikes of 

 small flowers. 



From Australia, where the aboriginal inha- 

 bitants, 285, 286, are retiring before the civilized 

 races, or acquiring their habits, we derive some 

 fine acacias, the blue helknia, the half-bearded 

 anlhericum, and numerous other mementos of 

 the far distant soil now trodden by relations 

 and friends. From Van Diemen's Land, where 



* The figures refer to geographical illustrations in 

 the previous Divisions. 



the great fern forests, 287, shelter the earth 

 from the excessive heat, we have gathered 

 beautiful geraniums, several acacias, and some 

 highly interesting ferns. From the South Sea 

 Islands, where, in the native pahs, the houses 

 are raised upon posts, where the islanders still 

 bear the marks of the tattoo, 289, we have 

 obtained the robust lobelia. From Otaheite, 

 where Captain Cook found beautiful native 

 women, who danced in honour of his arrival, 

 290, and enormous war canoes, 120, which went 

 through various evolutions before him, we have 

 derived the beautiful shining-leaved myrtle. 

 From Hawaii, where poor Capt. Cook was killed, 

 Avhe re Mount Roa vomits forth its terrible volcanic 

 fires, 293, we have obtained the orange-flowered 

 Jacquina, and the capitellate terphrosa, closely 

 allied to an American species, the leaves of 

 which, when thrown into water, intoxicate the 

 fish. From the Cape of Good Hope, the land of 

 the Kaffir, 457, and the Hottentot, 458, 459, we 

 have obtained a larger contribution than from 

 any other part of the world. Hence, we have 

 derived nearly all our beautiful heaths, and 

 those interesting little flowers, called everlast- 

 ings because their dried petals preserve their 

 colours ; but, besides these, we have obtained 

 numerous beautiful marigolds, cinerarias, several 

 of the iris tribe, and almost numberless other 

 kinds. From other parts of Africa, where the 

 diminutive Boyesmen, 460, hunt the tiger with 

 poisoned arrows, where the true negro races 

 abound, 464, and where elephants are hunted 

 for their tusks, 466, we have the curious evg- 

 plan', the large-leaved rue, &e. &c. From the 

 Island of Madagascar, where hunched oxen 

 abound, 467, and the traveller's tree, 468, grows 

 in the greatest perfection, we have the ordeal 

 tree. 



From India, where in the jungle the rhinoceros 

 battles with hordes of elephants, 469, and whert 

 in the rainy season, wild creatures of every 

 kind are driven into the tree-s to seek shelter 

 from the floods, 470, we have obtained several 

 varieties of oleanders, jasmines, amaranths, 

 turmerics, garland flowers, and the Malabar 

 nightshade. 



From the Caucasus, where the brave Cir- 

 cassians, 478, cling to their mountain homes 

 with patriotic devotion, we have received con- 

 tributions of some beautiful lilies, pinks, poppies, 

 and ladies' mantles. These are only a few 

 examples of the world-wide contribution^ to 

 our national bouquet: 



Wlien we view the beauties of 

 the garden, we in fact look upon 

 the floral representatives of the 

 world, and their supreme language 

 is, that God is good, and His 

 works are beautiful evert/where. 



