nature. 
Well may the tleliglited poet exclaim 
“ 'Fhe voice of Spring, — the voice of Spring, 
1 licar it from afur! — 
He comes with sunlight on his wing, 
And ray of morning star : 
His impulse thrills through rill and flood. 
It throbs along the main, — 
"Fis stirring in the waking wood. 
And trembling o’er the plain. 
He comes, he comes ! Behold, behold ! 
That glory in the east. 
Of burning beams of glowing gold, 
And light by light increased ! 
The heavy clouds have rolled away 
That darkened sky and earth. 
And blue and splendid breaks the day. 
With universal mirth. 
The violet is sweetening now 
The air of hill and dell; 
The snow-drops, that from Winter’s brow 
As he retreated fell. 
Have turned to flowers, and gem the bowers 
Where late the wild storm whirled. 
And warmer rays, with length’ning days. 
Give verdure to the world.” Webbe. 
Our pretty-faced flower, as its sponsor has called 
it, was discovered by Douglas, in Northern Cali- 
fornia, and by him sent to the London Horticul- 
tural Society’s Garden ; where it proved to be, as 
stated by Dr. Lindley, a hardy, very handsome 
bulbous plant; growing freely in a shaded peat 
border, and flowering in July. It produces offsets 
pretty freely, which should be taken off* in autumn.’ 
Hot. Reg. lolK). 
