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MY REGRETS FOLLOW YOU TO 
THE GRAVE. 
ASPHODEL. 
Tue yellow and white species of this elegant 
plant are old inhabitants of our gardens, are of 
very easy culture, and increase rapidly. The 
latter species covers immense tracts of land in 
Apulia, and affords very good nourishment to 
the sheep. It was sacred to Proserpine, and 
anciently used in funeral ceremonies ; and 
it was believed that beyond the Acheron, the 
shades of the departed walked in vast meadows 
of Asphodel, where they drank the waters of 
oblivion. 

