GERANIUM, SCARLET.

Pelargonium Acerifolium,-Class 16, Order 2.

Another variety of the same species, leaves serrated, flowers white.

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TRANQUILLITY OF MIND.

MINE be the joy which gleams around
The hearth where pure affections dwell-
Where love enrobed in siniles is found,
And wraps the spirit with its spell.
I would not seek excitement's whirl,
Where pleasure wears her tinsel crown,
And passion's billows upward curl,
'Neath hatred's darkly gathering frown.

Let others seek, in wealth, or fame,
A splendid path, whereon to tread-
I'd rather wear a lowlier name,

With love's enchantment's round it shed. Fame's but a light to gild the grave,

And wealth can never calm the breast; But love, a halcyon on life's wave, Hath power to soothe its strifes to rest

Shrieve.

GERANIUM, ROSE.

Pelargonium Capitatum.-Class 16, Order 2.

Flowers rose scented, and colored; very fragrant.

I PREFER THEE TO ALL OTHERS.

THE sportive sylphs that course the air, Unseen, on wings that twilight weaves, Around the opening rose repair,

And breathe sweet incense on its leaves. They gather gems with sunbeams bright, From floating clouds and falling showersThey rob Aurora's locks of light,

To grace their own fair queen of flowers. Thus, thus adorned, the speaking rose, Becomes a token fit to tell,

Of things that words can ne'er disclose,
And nought but this reveal so well.

Then take my flower, and let its leaves
Beside thy heart be cherished near,
While that confiding heart receives
The thought it whispered to thine ear.

S. G. Goodrich.

GOLDEN ROD.

Solidago Speciosa,-Class 19, Order 2.

A wild flower, found throughout the United States; blossoms, bright yellow.

ENCOURAGEMENT.

As the tears of the even,
Illumined at day,

By the sweet light of heaven,
Seem gems on each spray;
So gladness to-morrow,

Shall shine on thy brow,
The more bright for the sorrow
That darkens it now.

Yet, if fortune, believe me,
Have evil in store,

Though each other deceive thee,

I'll love thee the more.

As ivy leaves cluster

More greenly and fair,

When winter winds bluster

Round trees that are bare.

William Leggett.

HAWTHORN.

Crategus Oxycomtha,-Class 12, Order 1.

Stout, spiny shrubs, with heads of elegant white or rosy, blossoms, sometimes double.---England.

HOPE.

HOPE on!

Even when thy heaven is clouded,
Seest thou not,

Where the dark night is shrouded,
Stars peep out ?-

Though they are hidden, still they shine-
Soon shalt thou see their light divine.

Hope on

Often the dark shadow falleth

Over thy soul!—

O'er thee the cloud that appalleth-
Often doth roll:-

Yet but remember, light must be,

Else were the shadow UNSEEN by thee!

Duganne.

HEATH.

Erica sp.-Class 8, Order 1.

Low straggling shrubs, with delicate flowers, and mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope.

SOLITUDE.

I LOVE thee, solitude! within the vales,
Or on the hill-tops, where no noisy feet
Of men intrude, and where the very gales
Play soberly, amid the leaves they greet!
No sounds abroad but those

Which nature, gives the ear-
The rivulet that flows

Noiseless, almost, and clear

The hum of bees, the woodland flowers among,

And mated birds, that chirp their loving song.