82 flora’s dial. 
lime 11. 
BLACK POPLAR,. — Courage. 
All around thee, fair -with flowers, 
Pields of Beauty sleeping lie ; 
All around thee clarion voices 
Call to Duty, stem and high. 
T. B. Thayer. 
Jane 12. 
PRICKLY PEAR. — Dinna Forget. 
Thou canst not forget me. The past has been 
fraught 
With emotions too deep to be lightly effaced, 
In the core of thy heart — in the depths of thy 
thought, 
In letters of lava that passion is traced 
In thy weal and thy wo, — in thy joy, and regret, 
Thou wilt not, thou must not, thou canst not forget. 
Anon. 
Jane 18. 
POTATOE-BLOSSOM. — Benevolence. 
Oh ! simple goodness has a charm, 
Though it may be all still, and calm, 
More than the lays of sweetest lyre, 
