the hyacinth or harebell. 
“ The common, or Wood Hyacinth, is a 
native of Persia, and of many parts of Eu¬ 
rope. In the spring it abounds in our woods, 
hedges, &c. and on this account, the old bo¬ 
tanists have given it the name of the English 
Hyacinth, The botanic designation of Ily- 
acinthus non-scriptus is applied to it, because 
it has not the Ai on the petals, and therefore 
is not the poetical Hyacinth. 
It is hardly possible for a person of poetic 
imagination to pass our sloping hedge-rows, 
when covered with the azure bells of°our na¬ 
tive Hyacinth, mixed, as they generally are, 
with the delicate colour of the Primrose, 
without having their ideas softened into song, 
ai Behold the woody scene 
Deck’d with a thousand flowers of grace divine. 
“ This flower is called Harebell, from the 
campanula, or bell-shape of its flowers, and 
from its being found so frequently in those 
thickets most frequented by hares. 
“ The common Hyacinth is sometimes called 
in familiar language the Blue-bell, but it is 
occasionally found in coppices with a pure 
white corolla. Gerard tells us, that they have 
been found with a fair carnation colour ; but 
