THE PEACH BLOSSOM. 
Botanical Name, Amygdalus Persica. —Class, Icosan- 
dria. —Order, Monogynia. — Flowers, pale red .—Native 
place, Persia. 
Sentiment. 
I AM YOUR CAPTIVE. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
The Peacli Blossom, from its delicacy, is fre¬ 
quently compared by the poets to the delicate 
bloom upon the cheek of beauty. We have 
merely to transport our imagination from the 
cause to the effect, and we at once perceive 
the appropriateness of the union of the Bios- 
