ANEMONE.

Anemone virginiana. (Wind Flower). Class 13; Order 13. Principally European, but found in America. The flowers of the Anemone are of various colours-white, blue, purple, yellow, crimson, &c.

ANTICIPATION.

Beside a fading bank of snow,
A lovely Anemone blew,
Unfolding to the sun's bright glow

Its leaves of heaven's serenest hue-
'Tis Spring, I cried, pale Winter's fled,
The earliest wreath of flowers is blown,
The blossoms withered long and dead
Will soon proclaim their tyrant flown.

PERCIVAL.

SENTIMENT.

Alas! that dreams are only dreams,

That fancy cannot give

A lasting beauty to those forms

Which scarce a moment live.

Alas! that youth's fond hopes should fade,

And love be but a name,

While its rainbows, followed e'er so fast,

Are distant still the same.

DAWES.

APOCYNUM.

Apocynum hypericifolium. Class 5; Order 2. (Indian Hemp). There are several species of this genus in South America, India, and the Cape of Good Hope.

FALSEHOOD.

I bid thee of this fair smiling friend beware,

And say the false Apocynum is there.

SENTIMENT.

DARWIN.

Touch not the hand they stretch to you;
The falsely proffered cup put by;
Will you believe a coward true?
Or taste the poison-draught to die?

Their friendship is a lurking snare,
Their honour but an idle breath,

Their smile- the smile that traitors wear;

Their love is hate, their life is death.

SIMMS.

ARUM.

Arum dracontium. Class 21; Order 7. (Wake Robin). A class of about thirty species, principally indigenous to India and the warmer parts of Europe and America.

FEROCITY AND DECEIT.

Arum, that in a mantling hood conceals

Her sanguine club, and spreads her spotted leaf, Armed with keen tortures for the unwary tongue.

GISBORNE.

SENTIMENT.

O, he's accurst from all that's good,
Who never knew Love's healing power;
Such sinner on his sins must brood,

And wait alone his hour.

If stranger to earth's beauty - human love,
There is no rest below, nor hope above.

DANA.

ARBOR-VITÆ.

Thuja. Class 21; Order 18. (False White Cedar). Mostly small trees. Indigenous to North America and Siberia; also found in China, Japan, and the Cape of Good Hope. The wood was formerly used in making images.

UNCHANGING FRIENDSHIP.

The true and only friend is he
Who, like the Arbor Vitæ tree,
Will bear our image on his heart.

SIR WM. JONES.

SENTIMENT.

The dim lights

Which man has set upon the way of life,
And called its pleasures, must by fiat fade,
And leave the beacon only that's within!
O, then for quiet, or the meaner home
Where fashion reigns not, and the weary heart
Beats but to one, and answers pulse with pulse.
Then for the soul's own circle, never broken
By the rude foot that tramples on the flowers
Of all our best affections.

GRENVILLE MELLEN.

ANSWER.

Where'er thou journeyest, or whate'er thy care,

My heart shall follow, and my spirit share.

MRS. SIGOURNEY.

AURICULA, SCARLET.

Primula auricula. Class 5; Order 1. Perennial, flowering early; most of the species Alpine. Flowers, of almost every colour.

PRIDE.

Where, rayed in sparkling dust and velvet pride, Like brilliant stars arranged in splendid row,

The proud Auriculas their lustre show.

KLEIST.

SENTIMENT.

'Tis not the fairest form that holds
The mildest, purest soul within ;

'Tis not the richest plant that folds
The sweetest breath of fragrance in ;

Then, lady, cast thy pride away,

And chase those rebel thoughts of thine;

The casket may be bright and gay,

Yet all within refuse to shine:

For should Misfortune ever lower,

"Twill cloud those charms that dazzle so; And friends who greet thy fortune's power

Will smile upon its overthrow.

DAWES.