POETRY OF FLOWERS. 61 
CALYCANTHUS. 
Cal. Floridus .... Class 12 ; Order 5. 
Carolina Allspice. Odoriferous and spicy 
shrubs; flowers dark brown, drying to olive 
green. 
COMPASSION.-BENEVOLENCE. 
Thy name is heard in crowds— 
They call thee good and great; 
The brightness of the sunset clouds 
Seems showered upon thy fate. 
Where’er thy pathway leads 
They strew it o’er with flowers— 
Emblems of generous deeds 
Thy heart profusely showers; 
Oh, good and great for ever be— 
Worthy the praise they yield to thee! 
CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 
SUPREME LOVELINESS. 
Everybody will willingly acknowledge the 
Camellia, or Rose of Japan, to be one of the 
most lovely floral beauties ever introduced into 
