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THE HUMMING-BIRD. 



On returning to London, Mr. Loddiges sent me 

 a few fine specimens of the thorn which bears a 

 black berry, intimating that he had been assured, 

 that this species of thorn, had attractions for the 

 nightingale. These plants are now in fine vigor at 

 Walton Hall. 



No doubt, there are yet, numerous species of 

 humming-birds, brilliant as the morning star, to be 

 discovered in those far distant and immeasurable 

 wilds, where at the present time, perhaps, there 

 is not one solitary rational being to admire the 

 profusion of their metallic splendor, glowing like 

 diamonds in their rich and loricated plumage. 



" Full many a gem of purest ray serene, 



The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear, 

 Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, 

 And waste its sweetness on the desert air." 



