It is, as we have just observed, this continual sur- 
passing of the surpassing, that produces so regular a 
flow of gratifications ; and who will say, where plea- 
sures are built on sources so pure, so closely con- 
nected with original innocence, and so little mingled 
with the pollutions of the world, that they are not the 
parents of some true happiness. 
“ Yes, — you, delightful handy-works of Him 
Who arch’d tlie heavens, and spann'd this solid earth. 
Before whose glory day’s proud light is dim. 
And art’s achievements, if not food for mirth, 
Display at best its barrenness and dearth, — 
You, loo, instruct us, with “ line on line, 
Precept on precept,” show us by your birth, 
Your bud, your blossoming, and your decline, 
Time’s never-ceasing flight, and tell us truths divine.” 
Bernard Barton. 
The Pentstemon speciosum does not admit of 
separation at the root, to promote its increase, with 
that facility as may be practised with some others of 
the Pentstemons. Its free habit of flowering is un- 
favourable to an increase of offsets; therefore, sacri- 
fice must be made of the one or the other. If it be 
desired that immediate increase of the plant be ob- 
tained, the flowering stems should be cut off nearly 
at the bottom, when they are two or three inches 
high. The top of the soil, round the plant, should 
then be loosened, and a little fresh light compost 
added, to encourage the young side shoots to strike 
root; and occasional waterings should afterwards be 
given. It may be raised from seeds, sown in the 
spring, but the plants will not generally flower till 
the following summei’. 
Bot.Rcg. 1270. 
