202 ^mmxaii Stariuort. 
American Starwort.... Welcome. 
The Starwort is another late-blooming flower. It is 
exclusively indigenous to North America and the Cape 
of Good Hope. The flowers are of every variety of hue, 
and present a very attractive appearance. 
Stranger, new flowers in our vales are seen. 
With a dazzling eye, and a lovely green. — 
They scent the breath of the dewy morn : 
'J'hey feed no worm, and they hide no thorn, 
But revel and grow in our balm}' air ; 
They are flowers which Freedom hath planted there. 
This bud of welcome to thee wo give, — 
Bid its unborn sweets in thy bosom live ; 
It shall charm thee from all a stranger's pain, 
lleserve, suspicion, and dark disdain : 
..'V race in its freshness and bloom are we ; 
Bring no cares from a worn-out world with thee. 
Mrs. Sigoitrney. 
