Camnbttla spied. Natural Order: Labiatcz — Mint Family. 
I’UROPE produces immense fields of Lavender, grown for the 
|o» sake of the flowers, from which is obtained the perfume 
IjW-- that is sold by all druggists and perfumers. It has a very 
[ff pleasant, agreeable odor. The Latin word from which it is 
derived is lavare, to bathe, and brings to mind the marble 
baths of the early Greeks and Romans, when the most exqui¬ 
site of sculpture, the most beautiful productions of art and nature, 
were gathered together for their adornment, and flowers and spices 
were rifled of their sweets to add to the sumptuousness and luxurious¬ 
ness of their ablutions. It is a perennial of easy culture, about 
eighteen inches high, delightfully aromatic, and bears purple flowers. 
The oil possesses tonic and stimulative properties, and is used in 
medicine. 
tuifeasiotu 
A N 
gWEET lavender! I love thy flower 
yND lavender, whose spikes of azure bloom 
Shall be erewhile in arid bundles bound, 
To lurk amidst her labors of the loom, 
And crown her kerchiefs clean with mickle rare perfume. 
— Shenslone. 
Thou art not like the fickle train 
Of meek and modest blue, Our adverse fates estrange; 
Which meets the morn and evening hour, Who in the day of grief and pain 
The storm, the sunshine, and the shower, Are found deceitful, light and vain, 
And changeth not its hue. For thou dost never change. 
But thou art emblem of the friend, 
Who, whatsoe’er our lot, 
The balm of faithful love will lend, 
And, true and constant to the end, 
May die, but alter not. —Strickland. 
T BLUSH to think what I have said — Thy virtue will excuse my passion for thee, 
1 But fate has wrested the confession from me: And make the gods propitious to our love. 
Go on, and prosper in the paths of honor; 
— Addison. 
