POETRY OF FLOWERS. 6Q 
CORN. 
Zea mays ... . Class 20 ; Order 3. 
RICHES—ABUNDANCE. 
If thou’lt be mine, no want or care 
Shall e’er disturb thy life ; 
Thy days shall all be bright and fair, 
With worldly blessings rife. 
If thou’lt be mine, bright gems shall deck 
Thy snowy arms and breast, 
And pearls shall cluster round thy neck, 
And on thy forehead rest. 
If thou’lt be mine, what have I, love, 
That is not also thine ? 
0 then my heart no longer prove, 
But say thou wilt be mine. 
Corn, which is the generic name applied to 
all kinds of grain suitable for food, is found in 
nearly every portion of the globe, and yet bo¬ 
tanists assure us that it is nowhere to be found 
in its primitive state, or that any of the various 
plants which, under the term of cerealia , are 
comprehended in this precious family, will flour¬ 
ish without culture. 
Corn, more particularly wheat, is the most 
valuable of all natural productions; and the 
