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He with fresh arrows fills thy quiver, 
(Sweet the gift, and sweet the giver, ) 
And bids the many-plumed warbling throng 
Burst the fresh blossoms with their song, 
“ He bends the luscious cane, and twists the string 
fh | With bees, —how sweet, but ah! how keen their 
H Sting ! 
He with five flowerets tips thy ruthless darts, 
ai Which through five senses pierce enraptured 
hearts.” 
Translation by Sir Wittiam Jonrs. 
But we will leave this dangerous land, and 
wander through the ever blooming vales of 
Pil Japan. Let us deck ourselves with her gor- 
al geous lilies, —her Japonicas,—her flowers so 
i beautiful that even the females are named from 
‘| | them. Where’er we roam we shall find that 
i nature strews the earth with flowers. 
anil We proceed to take a brief survey of the 
aa habits of flowers. Many varieties open their 
flowers in the morning, and close them in the 
evening; yet all do not open or close at the 
II same hour. Plants of the same species are 
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pretty regular to an hour in equal tempera- 

