“ Such be thy portion l the bliss to look 
With a reverent spirit through Nature’s book ; 
By fount, by forest, by river’s line, 
To track the paths of a love divine. 
To read its deep meanings,— to see and hear 
God in earth’s garden,—> and not to fear !” 
Hemans. 
*' 4 When the science of Botany is thus connected with devotion, 
the highest faculties of the human mind are called into action: con¬ 
templation is improved and dignified, and directed to its proper 
object.” Wonders of the Vegetable Kingdom. 
