AHLIA. Dahlia. Class 19, SYNGENESIA. Order: POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Named in honour of Andrew Dahl, a Swedish botanist. A mountain flower of South America, recently become very fashionable among the florists of the United States, who vie with each other in the number and beauty of the different varieties which they cultivate, and which form the chief ornament of all our horticultural exhibitions. FOR EVER THINE. Yes! still I love thee:-Time, who sets His signet on my brow; And dims my sunken eye, forgets The heart he could not bow; Like sunshine wasting in the skies, The dew-drop hanging o'er the rose, Can never touch a leaf that blows, A moment finely exquisite, DAWES. AISY. Bellis. Class 19, SYNGENESI der: POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Fa history informs us that the Daisy ov origin to Belides, one of the nymphs Dryads, who were supposed to presid meadows and pastures. While danc the turf with Ephigeus, whose suit s couraged, she attracted the admiration of Vertumnus, the who presided over orchards; and to escape from him, sh transformed into the humble flower, the Latin name of wh Bellis. The ancient English name of this flower was Eye, in which way it is written by Ben Jonson; and Ch calls it the "ee of the daie." No doubt it received this des tion from its habit of closing its petals at night, which i does in rainy weather. INNOCENCE. When, smitten by the morning ray, And when, at dark, by dews opprest, Of careful sadness. WORDSWORTH. Heav'n may awhile correct the virtuous, FOUNTAIN. ANDELION. Leontodon Taraxacum. Class 19, SYNGENESIA. Order: POLYGAMIA EQUALIS. Linnæus has given the dandelion a deserved place in the horologe of Flora. It is one of the plants that may be most certainly depended upon as to the hour of opening and closing its flowers. The flower, if we well examine it, we shall discover to be fully as handsome as the fine garden anemone; and it only needs to be as rare to be prized as much. This plant blossoms early in the spring, and continues through the summer. ORACLE. Thine full many a pleasing bloom Thine the dandelion flowers, Gilt with dew like sun with showers. CLARE. Miss Landon wrote some very beautiful lines, on seeing an illustration of the garden scene in Goethe's Faust, where Margaret plucks a star-like flower to divine the real sentiments of her lover. They are called "The Decision of the Flower." And with scarlet poppies around, like a bower, "Now, gentle flower, I pray thee tell Now I number the leaves for my lot He loves not-he loves me- he loves me not- |