DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATING 
BOTANY. 
THE GODDESS FLORA, AND HER HUSBAND ZEPHYRUS, ADORNED WITH THEIR 
APPROPRIATE EMBLEMS, ARE EMPLOYED IN EXAMINING WITH GREAT CARE 
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AND ATTENTION THE STAMINA AND PISTILLUM OF THE NIGHT-BLOWING CERUSE; 
THE BEAUTIES AND PROPERTIES OF WHICH THEY ARE EXPLAINING TO TIIEIR 
DAUGHTER, CARPO, WHO, SEATED AT THEIR SIDE, IS LISTENING TO THEM WITH 
EXTREME PLEASURE AND PROFOUND SILENCE. VARIOUS FLOWERS AND FRUITS LIE 
SCATTERED AROUND THEM; AND IN THE BACK GROUND IS A TEMPLE OR CONSER¬ 
VATORY SACRED TO ZEPHYRUS, 
