rOETUY OF FLOWERS. 
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SYEINGA, CAROLINA. 
Philadelphus Inodorus. . Class 12; Order 1. 
This species of mock orange is a native of the South¬ 
ern States. 
MEMORY.—FRATERNAL LOVE. 
Oh, Memory ! thou only wakener of the dead ! 
Thou only treasurer .of the vanished past! 
How welcome art thou when bright hope is fled, 
And sorrow’s mantle o’er the soul is cast? 
Back o’er those days, too beautiful to last, 
Thy gentle hand will lead the saddened thought! 
And though the tears may trickle warm and fast, 
Yet thy sweet pictures wilh such peace are fraught, 
The heart, beguiled, exclaims, “ This is the fount I 
sought!” 
Syringa is a Greek word, signifying “ pipe,’^ 
and its ancient English name was ‘‘pipe-tree. 
Its classical appellation is Philadelphus, so 
called after Ptolemy Philadelphus, King of 
Egypt, who acquired celebrity tor the intense 
affection he manifested for his brother: tor this 
reason Syringa was consecrated to his memory, 
and has been adopted as the florigraphieal sign 
of fraternal love. 
The Syringa is a most delicious shrub: the 
foliage is luxuriant, the blossoms beautiful, 
abundant, and of a creamy whiteness, starred 
with a golden centre, but emitting no fragrant 
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perfume. 
