THE FLORAL GIFT. 
APPLE BLOSSOM. 
Pyrus Malus ,—Class 12, Order 1. 
TLe flower of a well-known fruit. 
PREFERENCE. 
Distrust me not, mine own, 
My sighs are all for thee— 
On thee I think alone, 
Whate’er my fate may be. 
Then smile, beloved, smile, 
Dispel those maiden fears, 
I would not thus beguile 
Thy tenderness to tears. 
If others be as fair, 
What are their charms to me, 
I neither know nor care, 
For thou art all to me. 
Mrs. Seba Smith. 
