88 THE FLOWER VASE. 
LETTUCE. 
Lactuta. Class 18. — Order 1. 
A common garden vegetable. Flowers yellow. 
Cold-hearted. 
What matters sill the nobleness 
Which in her breast resideth, 
And what the warmth and tenderness 
Her mien of coldness hideth, 
If but ungenerous thoughts prevail 
When thou her bosom wouldst assail, 
While tenderness and warmth doth ne’er, 
By any chance, toward thee appear? 
C. F. Hoffman". 
