Potatoe. 
l’s luxury,” 
Beneficence, 
“ The poor man's bread, the rich mi 
We liken well beneficence to thee. 
f; Birth, Dittany 
The gaseous vapour which thy flowers exhale. 
Ignited, burns with momentary splendour, 
"Hien sinks in darkness. Such is human life, 
A swift consuming flame,—a birth, a death. 
Blackness, Ebony 
“ Night’s ebon throne—looked black as ebony, 
Such is the poet’s frequent simile ; 
Who can dispute such high authority? 
Bluntnes3 or Roughness, Borage. 
Men may be blunt, and yet be honest, too,— 
Rough as thy hairy stem. Though Pope hath said, 
“ Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods 
do.” 
We’ll take the truths, though bluntly uttered. 
& Blushes, '' Marjoram. 
Sweet Marjoram, with red-tinged leaves like 
blushes, 
Scattered amid the hill-side bushes. 
Boaster, Hydrant 
With blossoms like a boaster’s promises, 
Profuse and most magnificent, we look 
For fruitage in due season, but iu vain. 
