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whose branches run over the wall.” “The vine, particularly in 
Turkey and Greece, is frequently made to entwine on trellises 
around a well, where, in the heat of the day, whole families col- 
lect themselves and sit under their shade.” In this class and or- 
der is the violet {viola) a genus which contains many native 
species. The garden violet is the viola tricolor. It has a vari- 
ety of common names as pansy, hearts ease, &c. Pansy is a 
coriuption of the French pensee a thought ; thus Shakespeare in 
the character of Ophilia says, 
“ There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance ; 
and these arc pansies ; 
That’s for thought.” 
Shakspeare also calls the same flower Love in idleness. Poets 
are very fond of the Primrose (Primula) so called from primus, 
first, on account of its early appearance in the spring. But the 
primrose of the poets is not a native plant with us. The cinna- 
mon rose of the genus Rosa is frequently, though improperly 
called primrose. 
The English cowslip is a species of Primula, having the seg- 
ments of its corolla spotted with a rich yellow color, which 
Shakspeare seemed to suppose contained the fragrance of the 
flower. Thus in the Midsummer Night’s Dream ; the Fairy says, 
“ I serve the fairy queen, 
To dew her orbs upon the green : 
The cowslips tall her pensioners be ; 
In their gold coats spots you see ; 
Those be rubies, fairy favours, 
In those freckles live their savours': 
I must go seek some dew drops here, 
And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear. 
The American cowslip belongs to the 13th class, genus fai- 
th a. 
LECTURE XXVI. 
CLASS PENTANDRIA CONTINUED. 
ORDER DIGYNIA. 
In this order of the fifth class is the family Gentianee, which 
affords some delicate flowers, as well as medicinal plants. The 
Violet — Primrose. — Order Digynia, or second order of class Pentandria. 
