POETRY OF FLOWERS. 61 
CATCHFLY. 
Silene . Glass 10; Order 3. 
There are nearly one hundred species of this flower. 
The most common one bears a pink blossom, and 
grows very tall; another has splendid flowers of 
bright scarlet. 
PRETENDED LOVE.—A SNARE. 
Op winning words, and tender looks, 
My artless friend, beware; 
Along the path of human life 
Lurks many a fatal snare. 
Trust seldom, and with much reserve ; 
Few merit gen’rous faith ; 
And should guile speak, oh give no heed 
To what the tempter saith. 
I fear some treacherous snare is laid 
Along thy flowery way ; 
Oh, be thou cautious—smiles may cheat 
And tender words betray. 
The fell Silene, and her sisters fair, 
Skilled in destruction, spread the viscous snare. 
Darwin. 
