CONJUGAL LOVE. 
LINDEN TREE. 
Above, waves wide the linden tree. 
HOWITT. 
-And the lime at dewy eve 
Diffusing odours. cowper. 
Baucis was changed into the Linden tree, 
which has ever since been the emblem of con¬ 
jugal love. In glancing over the consecrated 
plants in the mythology of the ancients, we 
cannot fail to admire their fitness to repre¬ 
sent the various qualities of which they are 
symbolical. 
Beauty — grace — simplicity — an extreme 
softness of manner, and an innocent gaiety, 
should be, in all ages, the properties and ac¬ 
complishments of a tender wife. We find all 
these qualities united in the Linden tree ; 
which, in spring, is ever covered with a soft 
and delicate verdure, and exhales a very de¬ 
lightful fragrance, while it lavishes the honey 
of its flowers upon the busy bee. 
Who shall attempt to paint the effect of its 
beautiful foliage as it waves its branches softly 
under the influence of the breeze ? Its young 
leaves seem to have been cut of softer mate¬ 
rials than silk, and are far more brilliant. 
We can scarce cease to gaze upon its vast 
