LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. i£>£> 
America, about the middle of the seventeenth century; and 
the Earl of Portland carried it to England in 1690. 
Thomson thus apostrophizes it: — 
“ Thou, the pride 
Of vegetable life, beyond whate’er 
The poets imaged in the golden age,— 
Quick, let ihe strip thee of thy tufty coat, 
Spread thy ambrosial stores, and feast with Jove.” 
Ton are radiant with charms, Garden Ranunculus. 
your beauty is vain, Hibiscus. 
“ I would be fair, but see the fair and proud, 
Like the bright sun, oft setting in a cloud.” 
Woiton. 
“ Only a sweet and virtuous soul, 
Like seasoned timber, never gives, 
But, when the whole world turns to coal, 
Then chiefly lives.” . . 
Herbert. 
“ The body subject is 
To fickle Fortune’s power, 
And to a million of mishaps 
Is casual every hour; 
And death in time doth change 
It to a clod of clay; 
Whereas the mind, which is divine, 
Runs never to decay.” 
Lord Vaux. 
The African hibiscus is a well-known annual in the flower 
garden, and those who have ever seen in some conservatory 
the superb variety rosa sinensis, or Chinese hibiscus, will not 
be likely to forget its exquisite richness of color. The Chinese 
are said to use the petals for blacking shoes. 
Tour charms are graven in my heart, Spindle Tree. 
The spindle tree makes pretty hedges. Its wood is used 
for spindles and pencils. Sculptors and turners also prize it. 
