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home, with a certain degTi-e of vcntTatioii, even 

 ]\vrc stili retain tlirir tbnner feelings towards 

 them ; until by a ret>iileuce in a country wliere 

 t^ey t^tm% meet the eye, t&m iSkdr ^x^^ 



pass a-way, and they arc regarded as valueless 

 because eonmuiu. Tlius we uuiv >av it is witli 

 mankind, both in a civilized and savage state of 

 society ; most things me^ «st£izmt# &r Ihmt 



I recollect, wlien at tlie Cape, riding to Coti- 

 stantia ; on the road, flowers gay and magnificent 

 in colour, were passed, and I thought there 



er^-nm^* QiL^sativmg dt tla^ little pimdise of 



nectar, an invitation was gil?^ nie to view the 

 garden. I acee|)ted it with pleasure, thinking that 

 many rare specimens of the Cape Flora would 



now b^Md ielhm ^ t Wtia# m expectatbn, 

 was m% Hmm'Es^t to be jaedlfeed* The beau- 

 tiful and fragrant rose, the simple pink, or the 

 ))rilliantly colonred carnation, the sMeer set'uted 

 scabious, the mignonette, and the JJ'uj'ilalh pur- 

 pUfea, or Foxglove, (wKWh MtfccarJhavuig flowered 

 time in emiitsty vm held 

 in very high estimation,) as well as many of 

 the hvbrid proiluetious so al>uiidnnt in Europe, 

 were alone prized here ; the others, so much 



