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the offspring of commerce and industry. She was 
unKnown to Greece in her best days, and to our 
simple forefathers. Boving about incessantly over 
the earth, she enriches us with the productions of 
every country. She comes, and our dull and for¬ 
saken gardens acquire fresh splendour. The China 
aster is intermingled with the beauteous pink of 
India; the mignonette from the banks of the Nile 
grows at the foot of the eastern tuberose : the helio¬ 
trope, the nasturtium and nightshade of Peru, blossom 
at the foot of the beautiful acacia of Constantinople ; 
the Persian jasmine unites with that of Carolina to 
cover our arbours and to embellish our bowers ; the 
hollyhock and the Passion flowers, also denominated 
the Jerusalem cross, which reminds us of the Cru¬ 
sades, raise their splendid heads beside the persicaria 
of the East; and Autumn, which could formerly 
find nothing but ears of corn and vine-leaves to 
compose a garland for her brows, is now astonished 
to find herself crowned with such rich adornments* 
and to be enabled to mingle with them the ever- 
flowering rose of the plains of Bengal. 
Dearly do I love to observe these beautiful 
strangers, which have retained amongst us their 
native instincts and habits. The sensitive plant 
