PERIWINKLE, 
81 
PERIWINKLE. 
TENDER RECOLLECTIONS. 
The winds have now purified the atmosphere, 
diffused the seeds of vegetation over the earth, 
and dispersed the gloomy vapours of winter. 
The air is fresh and pure; the sky seems to 
expand above our head; the lawns grow vividly 
green on all sides, and the trees push forth 
their young and verdant buds. Nature is about 
to put on her dress of flowers ; hut she first 
prepares an harmonious ground for her paint¬ 
ing ; and, covering it with one general tint of 
green, which she varies infinitely, rejoices the 
eye and cheers the heart with promise. 
We have already detected in shady dells the 
violet, the daisy, the primrose, and the golden 
flower of the dandelion. Let us now approach 
the skirts of the wood ; there the Anemone and 
the Periwinkle stretch their long parterre of 
verdure and flowers : these two friendly plants 
are mutual foils to each other’s charms. The 
