POETRY OP FLOWERS. 
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5Tet streaked with red, her perished limhs beget 
A flower resembling the pale violet, 
Which with the sun, though rooted fast, doth move, 
And being changed, changeth not her love.” 
The Peruvian heliotrope is chiefly admired 
for its unsurpassed fragrance. Although not a 
showy plant, it is delicate and sweet as the sen¬ 
timent it interprets. The blossom is very small, 
of a faint purple color, sometimes inclining to 
white, and sheds an almond-like perfume. This 
species was discovered by Jussieu, the celebrated 
botanist, whilst botanizing in the Cordilleras. 
One day when gathering plants, he suddenly 
found himself overpowered by an intense per¬ 
fume. Looking round to see from what 
gorgeous child of Flora this odor proceeded, he 
couid discover nothing but some light green 
shrubs, the tips of whose elegant sprays were 
decked with faint purple blossom. Finding on 
inspection that all these tiny florets turned to¬ 
wards the sun, Jussieu gave the plant the name 
of Heliotrope, and collecting some of the seeds, 
forwarded them to the royal garden at Paris, 
where in 1740 the heliotrope was first cultivated. 
It spread into all the countries of Europe, and 
from its delicious scent soon became an especial 
favorite with the ladies. 
An anonymous poet has deduced from this 
flower a meaning which, though given here, is 
quite the reverse of that assigned to it by flori- 
grapliists: 
