CALUMNY. 6] 
CALM REPOSE. 
BUCKBEAN. 
By that lake whose silvery waters reflect 
the cloudless sky, do you see those clusters of 
flowers, white as the drifted snow? The under- 
side of those beautiful flowers is lightly tinged 
with a rosy hue; and a tuft of filaments, of great 
delicacy and of dazzling whiteness, springs from 
each alabaster cup. Language will not convey 
a just idea of the elegance of this plant; but, 
if once seen waving gently over the water’s 
brink, whose transparency and freshness it 
seems to increase, it will never be forgotten. 
The flowers of the buckbean never open in 
stormy weather, but bloom only in calm and 
sunshine; and the calm which it enjoys seems 
to be imparted to every object around it. 
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CALUMNY. 
MADDER. 
A rep or scarlet dye is procured from mad- 
der, and is of very common use amongst dyers. 
When sheep have browsed on this plant, their 
teeth appear stained, as it had been in the blood 
of some victim. The vile calumniator often 




