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and delicate a scent, that it is agreeable even to 
persons who have a particular dislike to musk. 
Wisdom, White Mulberry-tree. The ancients called 
the White Mulberry the wisest of trees, because 
it is very late before it unfolds its leaves, in which 
respect it is the reverse of the almond-tree. A 
spray of the almond-tree tied up with one of the 
mulberry intimates that wisdom ought to temper 
activity. 
You are cold, Hortensia. The Hortensia is a plant 
of recent introduction into our European gardens. 
Though its clusters of flowers are alternately 
tipped with white, red, and purple; though its gen¬ 
eral figure is showy, and it looks well in a room; 
still the eye soon tires of its cold beauty : it is the 
image of a coquet, who, destitute of the qualities 
of the mind, and heart, strives to please solely by 
the arts of dress. 
You are my divinity, American Cowslip. The 
elegant and single stalk of this plant rises from 
the centre of a tuft of broad leaves that lie flat on 
the ground. In April, it is crowned with twelve 
pretty pink flowers reversed. Linneus has given 
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