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;
Where love, that cannot perish, grows
For one, alas! that little knows
How love may sometimes last;

Like sunshine wasting in the skies,
When clouds are overcast.

The dew-drop hanging o'er the rose,
Within its robe of light,

Can never touch a leaf that blows,
Though seeming to the sight;
And yet it still will linger there,
Like hopeless love without despair,-
A snow-drop in the sun!

A moment finely exquisite,
Alas! but only one.

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,
I see thee rise, alert and gay,
Then, cheerful flower! my spirits play
With kindred gladness:

And when, at dark, by dews opprest,
Thou sink'st, the image of thy rest
Hath often eased my pensive breast

Of careful sadness.

WORDSWORTH.

Heav'n may awhile correct the virtuous,
Yet it will wipe their eyes again, and make
Their faces whiter with their tears. Innocence
Conceal'd is the stol'n pleasure of the gods,
Which never ends in shame, as that of men
Doth oftentimes do; but like the sun breaks forth,
When it hath gratified another world;
And to our unexpecting eyes appears
More glorious thro' its late obscurity.

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
Of blossoms lost to all perfume;

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,
The maiden found her mystic flower;

"Now, gentle flower, I pray thee tell
If my lover loves me, and loves me well;
So may the fall of the morning dew
Keep the sun from fading thy tender blue.

Now I number the leaves for my lot

He loves not-he loves me- he loves me not-
He loves me,-yes, thou last leaf, yes-
I'll pluck thee not for that last sweet guess!
He loves me!"-"Yes," a dear voice sigh'd,
And her lover stands by Margaret's side.