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No, gentle Hyacinth, thou canst not grieve, 
When things so lovely worship in thy train — 
The sun, the wind, the wave— Oh ! it were vain 
To sum the homage which thou dost receive. 
The sad and musing poetess you cheer — 
At sight of thee Mem’ry’s electric wings 
Waft to her soul long, long forgotten things — 
Loved voices hushed in death she seems to hear. 
ANN. 
GENEROSITY. 
ORANGE TREE. 
This is a very ancient genus, and com¬ 
bines many excellencies in its species; it is a 
handsome evergreen ; it has most odoriferous 
flowers, and brilliant, fragrant, and delicious 
fruits. Loudon observes that “ it is one of 
the most striking of fruit-bearing trees, and 
must have attracted the notice of aboriginal 
man long before other fruits of less brilliancy, 
but of more nutriment or flavour. The 
golden apples of the heathens, and forbidden 
fruit of the Jews, are supposed to allude to 
this family, though it is remarkable that we 
have no authentic records of any species of 
citrus having been known; certainly none 
were cultivated by the Romans.” In the lat¬ 
ter part of the seventeenth century, it was a 
very fashionable tree in conservatories, where 
