TEMPERANCE. AZALEA.-Azalea. "Make temp'rance thy companion; so shall health Sit on thy brow." This beautiful family of American plants were named Azalea, in allusion to their growing naturally in a dry soil only. They flourish in this country only when planted in poor heathy ground; for when fed by the richly manured earth of English gardens they sicken and decay, disappointing the hopes of the planter. We have therefore made the Azalea emblematical of "Temperance, that virtue without pride, and fortune without envy, which gives indolence of body and tranquillity of mind; the best guardian of youth, and support of old age."---Temple. THOUGHTS. YOU OCCUPY MY THOUGHTS; OR, PENSEZ A MOI. PANSÉE, OR HEART'S EASE.-Viola tricolor. And there are pansies, that's for thoughts." "And thou, so rich in gentle names, appealing To hearts that own our nature's common lot; Those, styl'd by sportive fancy's better feeling Shakspeare. A Thought,' 'The Heart's Ease,' or 'Forget me not.' Barton. Thoughts are not more numerous than the varieties of this little sportive flower, since it is difficult to find two alike, although we generally see The garden's gem Heart's ease, like a gallant bold, In his cloth of purple and gold." Leigh Hunt. In the flowers of the saints the pansée is dedicated to St. Euphrasia. |