PERIWliNKLE. 89 
PERIWINKLE. 
TENDER HE OLLECTIOXS. 
The winds have now purified the atmosphere, 
diffused the seeds of vegetation over the earth, and 
dispersed the gloomy vapours of winter. The air is 
fresh and pure ; the sky seems to expand above our 
head ; the lawns grow vividly green on all sides, 
and the trees push forth their young and verdant 
buds. Nature is about to put on her dress of 
flowers ; but she first prepares an harmonious ground 
for her painting ; and, covering it with one general 
tint of green, which she varies infinitely, rejoices 
the eye and cheers the heart with promise. 
We have already detected in shady dells the 
violet, the daisy, the primrose, and the golden flower 
of the dandelion. Let us now approach the skirts 
of the wood ; there the Anemone and the Periwin- 
kle stretch their long parterre of verdure and 
flowers ; these two friendly plants are mutual foils 
to each other's charms. The Anemone has velvet 
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