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CONTENTS 
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The Lily, Percival . 95 
The Lily of the Valley, and the 
Anemone, Anon . 96 
Song of the Lily, Anon . 97 
The Water-Lily, Mrs. Hemans ... 98 
The Tulip. 100 
The Tulip, Kleist . 101 
Song of the Tulip, Holland .101 
The Rose. 103 
Extract from “ Bride of Abydos,” 
Byron . 106 
Invocation to a Rose, Smith . 107 
The same, Anon . 107 
The same, Bowring . 107 
On an Early Rose, Anon . 108 
The Moss-Rose, From the German 109 
The Wild-Rose, Willhouse .109 
The Fading Rose, C. J. Fox . 110 
The Everlasting Rose, Anster... Ill 
Sharon’s Rose, Anon . 112 
Illustration (Maurandria Barclaya- 
na), E. C. Embury . . 
The Wall-Flower. 114 
To the Wall-Flower, Anon . 115 
The Wall-Flower, Delta . 115 
The same, Townsend . 118 
The Hyacinth, or Harebell ... 120 
The Harebell, Mrs. Robinson .... 120 
The same, Anon . 121 
The Harebell and the Foxglove, 
Anon . 121 
The Cereus. 124 
The Night-blowing Cereus, Anon. 124 
To the Night-blowing Cereus, H. 
I. Johns . 125 
The Celandine. 127 
To the Small Celandine, Anon. .. 127 
The Orchis. 130 
The Bee-Orchis, R. Snow . 130 
The Anemone. 134 
To the Wood-Anemone. 134 
Illustration (Passion Flower), Lucy 
Hooper . — 
The Passionflower. 136 
The Passion Flower, Barton . 136 
The same, Cartwright . 137 
The Hawthorn. 138 
The Hawthorn, Anon . 138 
The same, Anon ... 139 
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The Gentian. 140 
The Geutianella, Montgomery ... 141 
The same, Mrs. Sigourney .141 
Forget-me-not, or Myosotis Pa- 
lustris. 143 
Forget-me-not, Barton . 143 
Song of the Forget-me-not, Anon. 144 
Mosses. 145 
The Moss, Anon . 146 
Sunflower, Marigold, and He¬ 
liotrope . 147 
Sunflower. 149 
The Heliotrope, Anon .,. 149 
The Marigold, Wither . 150 
The Amaranth . 152 
Poetical Amaranth, Anon. . 153 
To the Wild Amaranth, Anon. ... 153 
The Aloe. 155 
The White Jasmine. 156 
The Virgin’s Bower. 156 
The Lavender. 157 
The Pimpernel. 158 
Tne Sensitive Plant. 158 
The Honeysuckle, or Woodbine .... 159 
Orange Flowers . 160 
Butter-Cups. 160 
The Poppy. 161 
The Stinging Nettle .. 161 
The Rhododendron. 162 
The Cypress-Tree. 163 
The Blue-Bottle Centaury. 163 
The Sweet Pea. 164 
Illustration (Narcissus — Clinging- 
Vine), Lucy Hooper .. 
The Mezereon. 165 
The Narcissus. 165 
The Convolvulus Major. 166 
The Rosemary . 167 
The Ivy. 167 
The Yellow Iris. 168 
The Columbine. 169 
The Almond. 169 
Broom. 170 
The Common Thistle. 171 
The Aspen-Tree. 171 
The Stock, or Gillyflower. 172 
The Myrtle. 173 
The Crown Imperial.174 
The Iris. 175 
