ti)4 LANGUAGE AND 
Spenser, ami others frequently allude to the 
“ drowsy poppy” as productive of ‘‘the easer 
of all our woes.” Leigh Hunt calls it the 
blissful poppy,” from its soothing and sleep- 
inducing properties. 
PRIMROSE, EVENING. 
JEnothera odorata . . . Class 5; Order 1. 
INCONSTANCY.—SILENT LOVE. 
Hast forgotten the days, love, the long-vanished days, 
When our spirits communed through the bird and 
the flower; 
When the stars linked our thoughts by their glittering 
rays, 
In a chain that had more than electrical power? 
Those days were the violet blossoms of love— 
Young flowers that have faded and shrunk from 
thy view; 
But though withered, forgotten, to thee they may 
prove, 
They are pressed to one heart ever faithful and true. 
“Love us as emblems, night’s dewy flowers.” 
Mrs. Hemans. 
