jnipils under his charge; and his field of instruction 
a wide one. Unlike modern colleges^ which leave 
their pupils unable to distinguish one kingdom of 
nature from another, the Athenian comprehended 
the study of all nature — its great Original — and 
the operations of mind. Well may Pope join the 
ancients, and say 
“ Thus then to Man the voice of Nature spake — 
Go, from the creatures thy instructions take : 
Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; 
Learn from the beasts the physic of the field : 
Thy arts of building from the bee receive; 
Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; 
Learn of the little nautilus to sail, 
Spread the thin oar, and catch tbe driving gale. 
Here too all forms of social union find. 
And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind : 
Here subterranean works and cities see ; 
There towns aerial on the waving tree. 
Learn each small people’s genius, policies. 
The ant’s republic, and the realm of bees ; 
How those in common all their wealth bestow ; 
And anarchy without confusion know ; 
And these, for ever, though a monarch reign, 
Their separate cells and properties maintain.” 
The Spiraea venusta is a remarkably pretty plant 
for the parterre, and as it grows from three to four 
feet high, assumes a lofty elegance in the garden, 
that could scarcely escape the notice of even an 
English philosopher. The name we have used, is 
that by which it is known, but it is not quite 
certain that it will constitute a distinct species. It 
demands no particular soil or management. 
