thousand charms. Scarcely any plant rewards the cultivator with such a striking diversity of tints, or affords so rich a view. YOUR CHARMS ARE ENGRAVEN ON MY HEART, Spindletree. The shrub is thus named, because its wood is used for making spindles. Crayons also are prepared from it. It is in request with sculptors and turners. If its wood is valuable to artists, the shrub which furnishes it ought to be esteemed by the farmer: the hedges formed with it appear in autumn loaded with red berries that produce a very pretty effect. YOUR LOOKS FREEZE ME, Ice plant. The leaves of this singular plant are covered with transparent vesicles full of water. When the plant is in the shade, it looks as if covered with dew; when in the sunshine, it seems to be powdered with frozen crystals, that give it a brilliant appearance, and hence it derives its name. YOUR PRESENCE REVIVES ME, Rosemary. Hangary water is made with Rosemary: it refreshes the spirits and dispels dizziness and fainting. YOUR QUALITIES SURPASS YOUR CHARMS, Mignionette. Page 162. YOUTH, White Lilac. From the purity of colour and the short duration of its beautiful clusters of blossom, White Lilac is the emblem of youth, of that fleeting and inestimable blessing, which all the treasures of the world cannot redeem. |