104 THE FLOWER VASE. 
OM. 
Quercus. Class 21.— Order 13. 
The Oak embraces about eighty species. Only one Is 
found in the Southern hemisphere. 
Hospitality. 
Thanks for the kindly courtesies 
Beside thy hearthstone shared; 
Be every joy that round it lies, 
And every blessing spared! 
The roof that over me hath spread 
A shelter kind and warm, 
Oh, may it shield thy generous head 
From every chilling storm! 
For kind, indeed, have been thy cares 
Since ’neath its shade I came; 
I’ve shared in all thy household prayers— 
Thou shalt in mine the same. 
