NIA. This is called Traveller's J do not know," says Miss Twamley, gin further than that the beauty of is cheering to far travellers, cloth does the wayside hedges and banks. however, a sweet, kindly old-fashioned name.

TRAVELLER'S JOY.

Who gave to thee that name,

So full of homely and most pleasant thought?
Its charm might win renown

For many a thing with far less beauty fraught.

There's something in it tells

Of wanderings ended brightly;-of the close,
'Mid old familiar scenes,

Of the tired wayfarer's amount of woes.

Wert thou the humblest flower

That we e'er scorn with that rude term, "a we
Thy name would unto me

For kindly thought and pleasant fancies plead.

But thou art beautiful,

And our sole native of thy graceful band,
Which we so prize, and seek,

In varied form and hue, through many a land.

How often have I paused,

A joyous traveller, in sooth, to cull

A garland of thy flowers,

When with faint sweets the sun had fill'd them full.

TWAMLE

OLTSFOOT. Tussilago Farfarus. Class 19, SYNGENESIA. Order: SUPERFLUA. The odd name Coltsfoot was given from the fancied resemblance of the leaves to a colt's foot, and from the same cause it has been called, Horse-hoof, Foal-foot, and Bull-foot. The Latin name Tussilago Farfarus is from tussis, a cough, from its supposed efficacy in curing such complaints, and farfarus, a Greek term for the White Poplar, the leaves of which it resembles. Tinder is made from the cottony down on the under surface of its leaves, and they are sometimes smoked instead of tobacco.

MATERNAL CARE.

On scaly stem, with cottony down,
O'erlaid, its lemon-colour'd crown,
Which droop'd unclosed, but now erect,
The Colts-foot bright developes; deck'd
(Ere yet the impurpled stalk displays
Its dark green leaves) with countless rays,
Round countless tubes, alike in dye,
Expanded.

MANT.

Belinda! The young blossom that doth lie
So lightly on thy bosom,-clasp it there;
For on her brow an empress doth not wear,
Nor in her jewell'd zone, a gem more fair,
Or that doth deck her more becomingly.
Forget not then, that deep within thy flower
The germs lie hid of lovelier, holier things:-
Filial affection, that spontaneous springs;
High truth and maiden purity;
the power
That comes of gentleness;-ay, and more, -
Piety, nourish'd in the bosom's core;
These, if so cherish'd, shall thy blossom bear,
And with the dews of heavenly love impearl'd,
It shall adorn thee in another world.

WELLS.

Bring Lilies for a maiden's grave,
Roses to deck the bride,

Tulips for all who love thro' life

In brave attire to ride:

Bring each for each, in bower and hall,
But cull the Columbine for all.

"The Columbine? full many a flower
Hath hues more clear and bright,
Although she doth in purple go,
In crimson, pink, and white.
Why, when so many fairer shine,
Why choose the homely Columbine ?"

"Know ye the cap which Folly wears
In ancient masques and plays?
Does not the Columbine recal
That toy of olden days?

And is not Folly reigning now

O'er many a wisdom-written brow?

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""Tis Folly's flower, that homely one;

That universal guest

Makes every garden but a type

Of every human breast;

For though ye tend both mind and bower,
There's still a nook for Folly's flower."

TWAMLEY.

ONVOLVULUS, or SEA BINDWEED. Calystegia Soldanella. Class 5, PENTANDRIA. Order: MONOGYNIA. Botanists have recently separated this flower from the genus Convolvulus, and name it Calystegia, from two Greek words signifying pretty, and a covering, the calyx of the flower being covered by two leaf-like appendages called bracts.

UNCERTAINTY.

On the low sandy shore,
Where, with a mighty roar,
Breakers, with foam-crest hoar,
Long years have roll'd ;-
Where the turf never springs,
Where the wind's buffetings
Tear the poor flower, that clings
To the rock cold.

There, Lady, low and lone,

Where, on the storm-blast's moan,
Comes the wreck'd sailor's groan,
Is my chill dwelling; -

I hear the signal gun,

Ere the storm's work is done;
I know that help is none,
I know the good ship's gone,
I know the tempest's won
The triumph 't is telling.

TWAMLEY.

Hope and fear alternate sway'd his breast,
Like light and shade upon a waving field,
Coursing each other, when the flying clouds
Now hide, and now reveal the sun.

HOME.

ONVOLVULUS. WHITE BINDV Calystegia Sepium. Class 5, PENTA Order: MONOGYNIA. This perennial is a species of convolvulus, and is troublesome plant in the cornfield, w is very commonly found. It is a flower; and probably on account quality it has been made the emblem of humility.

HUMILITY.

Lady, I dwell in the shady wood,
Beneath the ancient trees;

And I hang o'er gnarled bole and branch
My dainty tapestries.

I lie on my couch of arrowy leaves,
And slumber with closed eye,

And only look out from my curtain'd bower,
When the sun is rising high.

O'er bank and hedge, like a fairy camp,

Gleam tent-like flowers of mine;

And elvish folk lie basking there,
All through the noontide shine.

I love the river's sedgy bank,
Where purple loose-strife bends,
Near fleur-de-lis, and meadow-sweet,
All those dear ancient friends.

I love to twine around them all,
And with fond arms to cling

Around the cluster'd stems and flowers

In many a mazy ring.

TWAMLEY.