SENTIMENT.

Pure-hearted as a buried pearl
Within a crimson shell,
A soft-eyed and a radiant girl
Art thou, my Rosabelle-
Sweet beauty sleeps upon thy brow,
And floats before my eyes;
As meek and pure as doves art thou,
Or beings of the skies.

Thy mild looks are all eloquent,
Thy bright ones free and glad,
Like glances from a pleiad sent—
Thy sad ones sweetly sad-
I think of thee when daylight pours
Her glances through the sky,
And then with thee my spirit soars
Among the things on high.
Thou art an angel by my side,
To earth I bid farewell,

And every dream of pomp and pride-
To all but Rosabelle.

Robert Morris.

CANTERBERY BELL.
Campanula. medium.

[Bell-flower.]-Class 5. Order 1.A vast genus, but mostly indigenous to Europe. Only two species found in S. America. Flowers blue, purple, or white. Monopetalous.

GRATITUDE.

To me there's a tone from the blue Bell-flower,
With her blossoms so fresh when the storm is o'er,
As she thanked the sun for his beams the while,-
That flower has taught me to repay

The friends who have cheered my stormy day,
With a grateful brow, and a sunny smile.

Anon.

SENTIMENT.

Thou'rt like a star, for when my way was cheerless and forlorn,
And all was blackness, like the sky before a coming storm,
Thy beaming smile and words of love, thy heart of kindness free,
Illum'd my path, then cheered my soul, and bade its sorrows flee.

Thou'rt like a star-when sad and lone I wander forth to view
The lamps of night, beneath their rays my spirit's nerved anew;
And thus I love to gaze on thee, and then I think thou'st power
To mix the cup of joy for me, even in life's darkest hour.

Thou'rt like a star-whene'er mine eye is upward turned to gaze
Upon those orbs, I mark with awe their clear celestial blaze;
And then thou seem'st so pure, so high, so beautifully bright,
I almost feel as if it were an angel met my sight.

Thou'rt like a star-perchance the proud, the haughty pass me by,
And curl the lip, but not to them is bowed my spirit high,

No, not to them: e'en should they wear earth's proudest diadem;
But I would bow before thee now and kiss thy garment's hem.
Cora.-(Ladies Magazine.)

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CARDINAL'S FLOWER.

Class 5.

Lobelia. cardinalis.

Order 1.-Flowers bright

scarlet. It is a native of N. America; growing by the sides of rivers and ditches. It is a beautiful flower.

DISTINCTION.

Lobelia, attired like a queen in her pride.

Mrs. Sigourney.

SENTIMENT.

If this familiar spirit that communes

With yours this hour-that has the power to search
All things-but its own compass-is a spark
Struck from the burning essence of its God-
If when these weary organs drop away,
We shall forget their uses, and commune
With angels and each other, as the stars

Mingle their light in silence and in love

What is this fleshly fetter of a day

That we should crown it with immortal flowers!

Willis.

CATCHFLY.
Silene.

Class 10. Order 3.-There are nearly 100 species, extending throughout Europe, and passing into Barbary, &c. One of the most splendid species, flowers bright scarlet, is found in Ohio and Lower Louisiana.

ARTIFICE, OR PRETENDED LOVE.

The fell Silene, and her sisters fair,

Skilled in destruction, spread the viscous snare.

Darwin.

SENTIMENT.

Go-thou hast left a faithful heart,
For the glitter of worldly show;
Thou hast acted a false and cruel part-
In thy youth and frailty—go.

Thy tresses with eastern pearls are bound,
But they heavily press thy brow;
And there's diamond lustre shed around,
But all fail to charm me now.

Thou hast lost the love of a faithful heart,
And the light of a faithful eye,

Things whose deep worth we value not
"Till they're past forever by.

Mrs. L. P. Smith.

CEDAR.
Juniperus.

[Virginia Juniper, or Red Cedar.] Class 20. Order 12.-Native of N. America and the West India Islands and Japan. The wood of this tree will resist the attacks of insects; it is the red cedar so much used in leadpencils.

THINK OF ME.

The memory of our loves shall be
As changeless as the cedar tree.

Anon.

SENTIMENT.

Look to the east when the morning is bright,
When the purple is blending with rays of rose-light!
My spirit shall then hold communion with thee,

And thy blush, bright as morning, must whisper of me.
And look to the west, when pavilioned afar,

Sweet love sends her smile from her own favored star,
And think of our friendship as pure as star-shine,
My spirit shall then hold communion with thine.
And at midnight's deep hour, when the moon is on high,
Should the angel of sleep leave unsealed thy soft eye,
Look forth the calm radiance is hallowed by love,
And then prayers from true hearts may mingle above.
Token, 1828.

CHAMOMILE.
Anthemis, nobilis.

Class 18. Order 2. Herbaceous; 1 flower; rays white or yellow; gives out a fragrant odor. A genus of about 35 species almost exclusively indigenous to Europe.

ENERGY IN ADVERSITY.

Like the meek chamomile it grew
Luxuriant from the bruise anew.

J. W. Eastburne

SENTIMENT.

I said to Sorrow's awful storm,
That beat against my breast,

Rage on-thou may'st destroy this form,
And lay it low at rest;

Yet still, the spirit that now brooks
Thy tempest raging high,
Undaunted, on its fury looks

With stedfast eye.

I said to Penury's meagre train,
Come on your threats I brave;
My last poor life-drop you may drain,
And crush me to the grave;

Yet still, the spirit that endures,

Shall mock your force the while,
And meet each cold, cold grasp of yours
With bitter smile.

I said to cold Neglect and Scorn,
Pass on- -I heed you not;
Ye may pursue me till my form
And being are forgot;
Yet still the spirit which you see
Undaunted by your wiles,
Draws from its own nobility,

Its high-born smiles.

I said to Friendship's menaced blow,
Strike deep-my heart shall bear ;
Thou canst but add one bitter woe
To those already there;

Yet still, the spirit that sustains
This last severe distress,

Shall smile upon its keenest pains

And scorn redress.

American Lady.