MARYLLIS. Amaryllis Sarniensis. Class 6, HEXANDRIA. Order: MONOGYNIA. Gardeners say that the amaryllis, of which there are numerous varieties, is a proud plant, because it frequently refuses its flowers to their most earnest cares. The Guern

sey lily is a charming flower, and closely

resembles the tuberose in appearance and size; it is of a cherry red colour, and, when the sun shines upon it, it seems studded with gems of gold. The name of this plant is derived from a Greek word, which has been not inappropriately translated, by Monsieur Pirolle, as significant of splendour, and perhaps we have no flowering plant more beautifully gay than the amaryllis.

HAUGHTINESS. PRIDE.

But he his wonted pride

Soon recollecting, with high words, that bore
Semblance of worth, not substance, gently raised
Their fainting courage, and dispell'd their fears.

MILTON.

How poor a thing is pride! when all, as slaves,
Differ but in their fetters, not their graves.

DANIEL.

Pride by presumption bred, when at a height,
Encount'ring with contempt, both march in ire;
And 'twixt 'em bring base cruelty to light;
The loathsome offspring of a hated sire.

I'll offer, and I'll suffer no abuse,

STERLINE.

Because I'm proud; pride is of mighty use.
The affectation of a pompous name,
Has oft set wits and heroes in a flame:
Volumes, and buildings, and dominions wide,
Are oft the noble monuments of pride.

CROWN.

MERICAN ELM. Ulmus Americana. Class 5, PENTANDRIA. Order: DIGYNIA. The American Elm is found in all parts of the United States, but thrives best between the forty-second and forty-sixth degrees of north latitude. The wood is inferior to the European, and as it is in consequence not very well adapted to practical purposes, its uses are few and unimportant.

PATRIOTISM.

I see thee weep, and thine are honest tears,
A patriot's for his country. Thou art sad

At thought of her forlorn and abject state,

From which no power of thine can raise her up.

Give me the death of those

Who for their country die;

COWPER.

And O be mine like their repose,
When cold and low they lie!

Their loveliest mother earth
Enshrines the fallen brave;

In her sweet lap who gave them birth,
They find their tranquil grave.

MONTGOMERY.

In that dread hour my country's guard I stood,
From the state's vitals tore the coil'd serpent,
First hung with writhing up to public scorn,
Then flung him forth to ruin.

MATURIN.

O heaven! he cried, my bleeding country save!
Is there no hand on high to shield the brave?
Yet, though destruction sweep those lovely plains,
Rise, fellow men! our country yet remains!
By that dread name we wave the sword on high!
And swear for her to live! with her to die!

CAMPBELL.

MERICAN LINDEN, or BASS Tilia Americana. Class 13, Po Order: MONOGYNIA. The Ame den, or Bass-wood, is a lofty tre wood is not extensively used in We have two other species, in and west, whose wood possesse

properties, and is likewise little employed.

MATRIMONY.

From that day forth, in peace and joyous bliss
They lived together long without debate;
Nor private jars, nor spite of enemies,

Could shake the safe assurance of their states.

SPENSER

Nothing shall assuage

Your love but marriage: for such is

The tyeing of two in wedlock, as is
The tuning of two lutes in one key: for
Striking the strings of the one, straws will sti

Upon the strings of the other; and in

Two minds link'd in love, one cannot be
Delighted, but the other rejoiceth.

Marriage is a matter of more worth,
Than to be dealt in by attorneyship.

LILLY.

SHAKSPEA

What is wedlock forced but a hell,
An age of discord and continual strife?
Whereas the contrary bringeth forth bliss,
And is a pattern of celestial peace.

SHAKSPEA

MERICAN ARBOR-VITE.

Thuja occi

dentalis. Class 21, MONŒCIA. Order: MoNADELPHIA. The American Arbor-vitæ is found in the same region as the spruces, where it is called White Cedar; and indeed it much resembles in its appearance the Cupressus Thugoides, or genuine White Cedar. It grows to the height of 50 or 60 feet, with the trunk 10 or 15 inches in diameter, and is now planted for ornament in all parts of the Union. The wood is soft, fine-grained, and is highly esteemed for its durability; but it is difficult to procure stalks of any considerable length with a uniform diameter.

IMMORTALITY.

Look nature through: 't is revolution all;

All change; no death. Day follows night, and night
The dying day; stars rise, and set, and rise;
Earth takes th' example. See the summer gay,
With her green chaplet, and ambrosial flowers,
Droops into pallid autumn: winter grey,
Horrid with frost, and turbulent with storm,
Blows autumn and his golden fruits away,

Then melts into the spring: soft spring, with breath
Favonian, from warm chambers of the south,
Recalls the first. All, to re-flourish, fades;
As in a wheel, all sinks, to reascend.
Emblems of man, who passes, not expires.

Immortality o'ersweeps

YOUNG.

All pains, all tears, all time, all fears-and peals
Like the eternal thunders of the deep

Into my ears this truth-Thou liv'st for ever.

BYRON.

ANDRIA.

NEMONE. Anemone. Class 13, POLYOrder: POLYGYNIA. Anemone was a nymph beloved by Zephyr. Flora, being jealous, banished her from her court, and changed her into a flower, which always opens at the return of spring. Zephyr had abandoned this unfortunate beauty to

the rude caresses of Boreas, who, unable to gain her love, agitates her until her blossoms are half open, and then causes her immediately to fade. An anemone, with this motto, "Brevis est usus,”—“ Her reign is short," admirably expresses the rapid decline of beauty.

FORSAKEN.

She will not speak the anguish of her breast,
She cannot chide the one she loves to bless;
What though her bosom own no soothing rest?
She does not cease to pray for his distress:
Her heart is wasting in a slow decay,
And the disease of hope smiles o'er her prey.

At times she wanders when the air is warm,
And gazes on the trysting-place so dear,
When love and innocence, in gentle form,
United like a dew-drop and a tear,

When happy thoughts went heavenward in sweet prayer;
And all was bliss when Waldron's smile was there.

And then she turns her sicken'd heart away,

And bends her footsteps to her mother's grave.
Thinking how soon she'll mingle with her clay-
She knows there is no human arm to save.
And though she smiles at death-her thoughts of life,
And faithless Waldron, cause a tearful strife.

DAWES.