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CONTENTS 
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The Lily, Percival . 95 
The Lily of the Valley, and the 
Anemone, Anon . 96 
Song of the Lily, Anon . 97 
The Water-Lily, Mrs. Hcmans ... 98 
The Tulip. 100 
The Tulip, Kleist . 101 
Song of the Tulip, Holland .101 
The Rose. 103 
Extract from “ Bride of Abydos,” 
Byron.. . 106 
Invocation to a Rose, Smith . 107 
The same, Anon ...107 
Tlie same, Bowring .1. 107 
On an Early Rose. Anon . . 108 
The Moss-Rose, From the German 109 
The Wild-Rose, Willhousc . 109 
The Fading Rose, C. J. Fox . 110 
The Everlasting Rose, Anster... Ill 
Sharon’s Rose, Anon . 112 
Illustration (Maurandria Barclaya- 
na), E. C. Embury . . 
The Wall-Flower. 114 
To the Wall-Flower, Anon. .... 115 
The Wall-Flower, Delta .. > IB 
The same, Townsend . 118 
The Hyacinth, or Harebell ... 120 
The Harebell, Mrs. Robinson _120 
The same, Anon . 121 
The Harebell and the Foxglove, 
Anon . 121 
The Cereus. 124 
The Night-blowing Cereus, Anon. 124 
To the Night-blowing Cereus, H. 
1. Johns .'. 125 
The Celandine. 127 
To the Small Celandine, Anon. .. 127 
The Orchis. 130 
The Bee-Orchis, R. Snow . 130 
The Anemone. 134 
To the Wood-Anemone. 134 
Illustration (Passion Flower), Lucy 
Hooper .. 
The Passion Flower. 136 
The Passion Flower, Barton . 136 
The same, Cartwright . 137 
The Hawthorn. 138 
The Hawthorn, Anon. 138 
The same. Anon... 139 
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The Gentian . uc 
The Gentianella, Montgomery .., 141 
The same, il/rs. Sigourney .. 141 
Forget-me-not, or Myosotis Pa- 
LllSTRIS. 143 
Forget-me-not, Barton . I IS 
Song of the Forget-me-not, Anon. Ill 
Mosses. 1-15 
The Moss, Anon . 146 
Sunflower, Marigold, and He¬ 
liotrope . 147 
Sunflower........ 149 
The Heliotrope, Anon . 149 
The Marigold, Wither . 156 
The Amaranth .’.. 152 
Poetical Amaranth, Anon . 153 
To the Wild Amaranth, Anon. ... 152 
The Aloe. 155 
The White Jasmine. 156 
The Virgin’s Bower. \5rt 
The Lavender. 157 
The Pimpernel . 158 
Toe Sensitive Plant . 158 
The Honeysuckle, or Woodbine .... 159 
Orange Flowers . . 160 
Butter-Cups. 160 
The Poppy. 161 
The Stinging Nettle. 161 
The Rhododendron. 162 
The Cypress-Tree. 163 
The Blue-Bottle Centaury. 103 
The Sweet Pea. 164 
Illustration (Narcissus — Cljnging- 
Vine), Lucy Hooper . . — 
The Meven ui . . . 165 
The Narcissus. 165 
The Convolvulus Major ............ 106 
The Rosemary . 167 
The Ivy. 167 
The Yellow Iris .................. 168 
The Columbine. 169 
The Almond. 169 
Broom. 170 
The Common Thistle .. 171 
The Aspen-Tree. 171 
The Stock, or Gillyflower..172 
The Myrtle. 173 
Tho Crown Imperial .. 174 
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