HORN APPLE. Datura. Class 5, PENT ANDRIA. Order: MONOGYNIA. The flow. ers of the datura languish beneath their sombre and drooping foliage while the sun shines; but at the approach of night they put forth, and are reanimated. Then they display their charms and unfold those immense bell-shaped petals which nature has formed of ivory and stained with purple, and to which she has confided a perfume that attracts and invigorates, but is so dangerous, that it produces ebriety and hysterics, even in the open air, on those who respire it.

DECEITFUL CHARMS.

Oh, what a wild and wayward child am I!-
Like the hungry fool, that in his moody fit
Dash'd from his lips his last delicious morsel.
I'll see her once, Bianca, and but once;
And then a rich and breathing tale I'll tell her
Of our full happiness. If she be angel,

'T will be a gleam of Paradise to her,

And she'll smile at it one of those soft smiles,
That makes the air seem sunny, blithe, and balmy.
If she be devil. Nay, but that's too ugly;

The fancy doth rebel at it, and shrink
As from a serpent in a knot of flowers.

Devil and Aldabella! - Fie! - They sound

Like nightingales and screech-owls heard together.
What! must I still have tears to kiss away?

I will return-Good night!-It is but once.

See, thou'st the taste o' my lips now at our parting;
And when we meet again, if they be tainted,
Thou shalt-oh no, thou shalt not, canst not hate me.
MILMAN.

HYME. Thymus. Class 14, DIDYNAMIA. Order: GYMNOSPERMIA. The active qualities of this plant are duly appreciated by epicures, since it excites and rouses their appetites, by rendering every dish savoury in which it is used. We are told, that the highest flavoured venison is always found where this penetrating herb abounds. Bees seek it with great activity the honey of Athens was esteemed the best in the world, on account of the thyme which grew on the hills which surrounded that city.

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O'er fringed heaths, wide lawns, and mountain steeps,
With silent step the artful Thyma creeps,

Unfolds with fragrant bloom her purple flowers,
And leads with frolic hand the circling hours.

ROWDEN.

Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss,
But cheerly seek how to redress their harm.

Take the instant way;

For honour travels in a strait so narrow,

SHAKSPEARE.

Where one but goes abreast: keep then the path:
For emulation hath a thousand sons,

That one by one pursue: if you give way,
Or edge aside from the direct forthright,
Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by,
And leave you hindmost.

SHAKSPEARE.

Trifo

REFOIL, or PURPLE CLOVER. lium pratense. Class 17, DIADELPHIA. Order: DECANDRIA. The provident husbandman lays up a good store of clover hay for the subsistence of his cattle during the winter months: his earliest spring pastures are also covered with this nutritious plant, which ensures both himself and his stock "a bed of clover."

The great changes which have taken place in agricultural transactions proves the justness of Atterbury's remark, that "a very prosperous people, flushed with great successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident, as to perpetuate their happiness."

Dryden says,

Some men, instructed by the lab'ring ant,

Provide against th' extremities of want.

The use of trefoil in armorial bearings is of great antiquity. The Dutch clover, Trifolium repens, is dedicated to St. Patrick it being the shamrock of the Irish.

PROVIDENCE.

Just as a mother, with sweet pious face,
Yearns towards her children from her seat,
Gives one a kiss, another an embrace,

Takes this upon her knee, that on her feet;

And while from actions, looks, complaints, pretences,
She learns their feelings and their various will,
To this a look, to that a word dispenses,

And whether stern or smiling, loves them still:-
So Providence for us, high, infinite,

Makes our necessities its watchful task,

Hearkens to all our prayers, helps all our wants:
And even if it denies what seems our right,
Either denies because 't would have us ask,
Or seems but to deny, or in denying grants.

ANON.

REFOIL, or PURPLE CLOVER. Trifolium pratense. Class 17, DIADELPHIA. Order: DECANDRIA. The provident husbandman lays up a good store of clover hay for the subsistence of his cattle during the winter months: his earliest spring pastures

are also covered with this nutritious plant, which ensures both himself and his stock "a bed of clover."

The great changes which have taken place in agricultural transactions proves the justness of Atterbury's remark, that “a very prosperous people, flushed with great successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident, as to perpetuate their happiness."

Dryden says,

Some men, instructed by the lab'ring ant,

Provide against th' extremities of want.

The use of trefoil in armorial bearings is of great antiquity. The Dutch clover, Trifolium repens, is dedicated to St. Patrick. it being the shamrock of the Irish.

PROVIDENCE.

Just as a mother, with sweet pious face,
Yearns towards her children from her seat,
Gives one a kiss, another an embrace,
Takes this upon her knee, that on her feet;
And while from actions, looks, complaints, pretences,
She learns their feelings and their various will,
To this a look, to that a word dispenses,

And whether stern or smiling, loves them still:
So Providence for us, high, infinite,

Makes our necessities its watchful task,

Hearkens to all our prayers, helps all our wants:
And even if it denies what seems our right,
Either denies because 't would have us ask,
Or seems but to deny, or in denying grants.

ANON.