Farnbovottgh, Warwickshire. — Somersetuh. Whorle Hill, near Weston-supra- 
Mare: W. Christy, in Watson’s New Bot. Guide. On the South-western 
extremity of the Mendip Hills: l)r. Wollaston. — Sussex; Near Brighton: 
W. C. Thevfi.yan. F.sq. in New Bot. Guiite — WALKS. Carnarvonshire; 
Abundant near Llandudno, not far from the Cotoneaster : Mr. Wilson, N. B.G. 
Perennial. — Flowers in August and September. 
Root of many long, stout fibres. Stem upright, from 1 to 2 feet 
high, leafy, slender, round, rigid, simple, smooth. Leaves numer- 
ous, scattered, spreading, strap-shaped, tapering at each end, en- 
tire, rather fleshy, rough with minute white points. Flowers bright 
yellow, various in number, produced in a corymbose tuft at the top 
of the stem. Florets (see figs. 2 & 3.) about 30, all tubular, and 
perfect. Seeds (fig. 6.) hairy. Pappus (fig. 6.) copious, long, and 
minutely rough (see fig. 7). Receptacle (see fig. 8.) somewhat cel- 
lular, the cells slightly bordered. 
This species is a native of Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, ftc. ; it was 
first discovered as a native of Britain, in 1812, by the Rev. Mr. Hoi.efch, as 
stated above. In a young state the stems and under surface of the leaves are 
covered with a soft cottony down, which nearly or quite disappears by the time 
the plant is in flower. When handled it gives out a faint aromatic smell. It ts 
not a shewy plant, yet its bright yellow flowers, which are produced in abund- 
ance in a cultivated state, render it not unworthy a place in the flower-garden. 
Those of my readers who are fond of the Poetry of flowers, will, I am sure, ex- 
cuse me for filling up a space which would otherwise have remained blank, by tire 
introduction of the following elegant and beautiful lines, by Mary IIowitt. 
THE USE OF FLOWERS. 
“ God might have made the earth bring forth 
Knough for great and small; 
The Oak-tree, and the Cedar-tree, 
Without a flower at all. 
He might have made enough, enough 
For every want of ours; 
For luxury, medicine, and toil, 
And yet have made no flowers. 
The ore within the mountain-mine 
Requireth none to grow, 
Nor doth it need the Lotus-flower 
To make the river flow. 
The clouds might give abundant rain. 
The nightly dews might fall, 
And the herb that keepeth life in man 
Might yet have drunk them all. 
Then, wherefore, wherefore, were they made. 
All dyed with rainbow-light, 
All fashioned with supremest grace. 
Up-springing day and night. 
Springing in valleys green and low, 
And on the mountains high, 
And in the silent wilderness, 
Where no man passeth by. 
Our outward life requires them not : 
Then, wherefore had they birth 1 
To minister delight to man, — 
To beautify the earth : 
To comfort man, to whisper hope, 
Whene’er his faith is dim ; 
For Whoso careth for the flowers. 
Will care much more for him !” — Forget Me Not, 1837. 
