
GENEROSITY. 12] 
No, gentle Hyacinth, thou canst not grieve, 
When things so lovely worship in thy train— 
The sun, the wind, the wave—Oh! it were vain 
To sum the homage which thou dost receive. 
The sad and musing poetess you cheer— 
At sight of thee Mem’ry’s electric wings 
Waft to her soul long, long forgotten things— 
Loved voices hushed in death she seems to hear. 
ANN. 
GENEROSITY. 
ORANGE TREE, 
Tus is a very ancient genus, and combines 
many excellencies in its species; it is a hand- 
some evergreen ; it has most odoriferous flowers, 
and brilliant, fragrant, and delicious fruits. 
Loudon observes, that “itis one of the most 
striking of fruit-bearing trees, and must have 
attracted the notice of aboriginal man long 
before other fruits of less brilliancy, but of more 
nutriment or flavour. .The golden apples of 
the heathens, and forbidden fruit of the Jews, 
are supposed to allude to this family, though it 
is remarkable that we have no authentic records 
of any species of citrus having been known; 
certainly none were cultivated by the Ro- 
mans.” In the latter part of the seventeenth 





