Her bud more lovely near the fetid Leek, TO WED HER ELM; fhe fpous'd about him twines Her dower, th' adopted clusters, to adorn His barren leaves. 254. The Paftan Rofe unfolds Her bud more lovely near the fetid Leek -] 255 Our Author has taken this part of his Poem from the PREDIUM RUSTICUM of the Jefuit Vaniere; to whom, however, it should be obferved that he is in general but little indebted. HOC ODIUM eft, et AMOR tacitus, quo dicitur herbam INDE ROSIS GAUDENT PROPIORIBUS ALLIA; RUTHAM PRÆDIUM RUSTICUM. L. 8. V. 205. Hence that averfion and that fecret love Thus in contiguous rofes garlic joys; From out the earth a food of different fort: But rue itself, o'th' contrary, much For one, more gluttonous, that moisture drains Which both require. Thus plants each other kill, Nor need they other noxious qualities. Mr. Swinburne, in his Travels in the Two Sicilies, fpeaking of Pefto, the ancient Pæftum, fays, "The Pæftan rofe, from its peculiar fragrance "and the fingularity of blowing twice a year, is often mentioned with predilection by the claffic poets. The wild rofe, which now shoots up among the ruins, is of the fmall damask kind, with a very high perfume. As a farmer affured me on the fpot, it flowers both in fpring and autumn.' 256. Creft of fout Britons] The cuftom of the Welch wearing a Leek, in honour of their Patron Saint, is thus accounted for by our old poet Drayton, in his POLYOLBION, Song, iv. The The price of her celeftial scent. The Gourd, The Britons, like devout, their meffengers direct 29 260 265 'Mongft Hatt'rill's lofty hills, that with the clouds are crown'd, The valley Ewias lies, immur'd fo deep and round, As they below, that see the mountains rife fo high, Might think the ftraggling herds were grazing in the sky: 265. Weight-refifting Palm] The introduction of the Palm-tree into the neighbourhood of an Herefordshire Apple-tree is fo extraordinary, that one might be tempted to hazard a verbal criticism, by fuggesting the reading Plum for Palm, were it not for the epithet WEIGHT-RESISTING. The afcribing that property to the Palm-tree, has ancient authority on its fide. Plutarch affirms that, "If you fufpend a piece of Palm"tree wood in an horizontal pofition, and lay any heavy weight upon "it, instead of yielding under its preffure, it will bend the contrary way, "as refifting against it." Φοινικος γαρ ξυλον αν ανωθεν επιθεις βαρυπιεζης, 8 κατω θλιβομενον ενδιδωσιν, αλλα κυρτεται προς τεναντίον, ωσπερ ανθισαμενον τω βιαζομένῳ. PLUTARCH. SYMPOS. L. 8. C. 5. T'approach T' approach the Quince, and th' Elder's pithy ftem; Or Walnut, whose malignant touch impairs Of Cherries. Therefore weigh the habits well 270 Would'st thou thy vats with generous juice fhould A way into the crab-stock's close-wrought grain By wedges, and within the living wound 274. L Think not that the trees Spontaneous will produce a wholesome draught] Infœcunda quidem VIRG. GEORG. ii. 47. WARTON. The trees whofe fhades fpontaneous pierce the skies 276. From parent bough A fcion meetly fever; after force A way into the crab-ftock's clofe-wrought grain Aut rurfum enodes trunci refecantur, et alte VIRG. GEORG. ii. 78. Or thro' the polish'd trunk they wedge their way, WARTON. Enclose er-plants finds paffage free, or else 290 ative verjuice of the Crab, deriv'd th' infix'd graff, a grateful mixture forms 295 me think the Quince and Apple would combine ppy union; others fitter deem 95. foreft wildings" FAERY QUEEN, B. 3. C. 7. S. 16. and pays Largeft revenues to the orchat-lord] might fancy our Author was here indebted to Dryden's translation fecond GEORGIC. no fields afford So large an income to the village-lord. V. 284. The The Sloe-stem, bearing fylvan Plums auftere. Who knows but both may thrive? howe'er, what lofs To try In close embraces, and strange offspring bear? And Pears of fundry forms; at different times 305. Their marriageable arms.] grace; GEORG. ii. 82. 305 MARRIAGEABLE ARMS is from Milton. The paffage has been already cited in the note on V. 253. 306. Silurian.] In the ancient divifion of our Island, the Silures comprehended Herefordfhire, Radnorshire, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, and Glamorganshire. The Silures are faid to have been fo called, quafi filveftres, from the woodiness of their country, a fylvarum umbris quas habitabant. Silurian plants Admit the Peach's odoriferous globe And Pears of fundry forms; at different times And men have gathered from the Hawthorn's branch Large Medlars, imitating regal crowns.] Philips feems here to have had in view a paffage in the GEORGICS, which has been much cenfured, particularly by our great English Botanift Miller, as containing a doctrine refpecting grafting, which experiment has demonftrated to be impracticable. Inferitur vero ex fœtu nucis arbutus horrida, Flore pyri; glandemque fues fregere fub ulmis. GEORG. ii, 69. On |