the illustrative drawing ; and whose ever hind and cheering 
voice is as welcome to my ear as her prized affection is 
dear to my heart. 
The Ivy-leaved Bell-Flower, represented in the Mallow 
group, is an indigenous plant, growing in moist shaded situ¬ 
ations, by no means common. It is found creeping about 
stones, and among the damp moss of fountains or rocky borders 
of rivulets, where its delicate little bells of palest blue wave 
in “ every wind that under heaven doth blow.” 
Though not illustrative of the flower, the following description 
of a spot sirrrilar to those where we most often find it, may claim 
a place here; it is frorrr the " Faithful Shepherdess of Beau- 
rnorrt and Fletcher :— 
For to that holy wood is consecrate 
A virtuous well, about whose flowery banks 
The nimble-footed Fairies dance their rounds 
By the pale moonshine ; dipping oftentimes 
Their stolen children, for to make them free 
From dying flesh and dull mortality. 
By this fair fount hath many a shepherd sworn 
And given away his freedom ; many a troth 
Been plight, wirich neither envy nor old time 
Could ever break, with many a chaste kiss, given 
In hope of coming happiness. By this 
Fresh fountain many a blushing maid 
Hath crowned the head of her long-loved shepheul 
With gaudy flowers, whilst he happy sung 
Lays of his love and dear captivity. 
Herrick devotes one of his little poems to the giving ol 
directions “ where he would have his verses read : perhaps, if 
