POETRY OE FLOWERS. 163 
MALLOW, MARSH. 
Lavatera . Class 16 ; Order 13. 
A very delicate garden flower, but scentless. Flowers 
white or bright pink. 
SWEET DISPOSITION. 
The friend we love is youthful and fair, 
And gentle and pure as the angels are; 
Sincerity dwells in her earnest eyes, 
And her soul is warm as the southern skies ! 
Oh, the friend we love is a friend indeed,— 
She’s ever true in the hour of need ! 
Mrs. Scott. 
“I saw her coral lips to move, 
And with her breath she did perfume the air; 
Sacred, and sweet, was all I saw in her.” 
Shakspeare. 
“ When we gaze upon that face, 
B1 mining in innocence and truth, 
We think of better worlds than this, 
Of other beings pure as thou.” 
Hadleck. 
“Young as beautiful 1 and soft as young ! 
And gay as soft! and innocent as gay ! 
And happy, if aught happy here, as good 1” 
Young. 
