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LANGUAGE AND 
ASH TREE. 
Fraxinns . Class 21; Oi do 2. 
There are six varieties natives to our forests. 
It is a handsome, useful, and in autumn 
gorgeous tree. 
GRANDEUR. 
Costly the jewels that gleam on thy hreast 
Beautiful maiden ! say, art thou blest? 
Rich are the robes that envelop thy form— 
Beats there beneath them a heart that is Avarm ? 
Beautiful maiden ! slaves wait thy command— 
Leadest thou them with a lenient hand? 
Grandeur is round thee, Avherever thou art— 
Oh say, is there brightness like this in thy heart? 
If so, may no sorrows of mine ever dim 
The joys that are mantling thy cup to its brim ; 
In the shade of my lot, I’ll adore thee afar— 
The worm on the earth may look up to the star ! 
ASTER. 
Aster , Chinensis . • • Class 19; Order 2. 
afterthought—love of variety. 
“ Like a pleasant thought, 
When such are wanted.”—A non. 
The Aster, or Starwort , represents an exceed 
ingly numerous family, which derives its name 
