ith its
single stem and egg shaped leaves and the flower with its golden centre
and rays of white and red, and planted it in the vale of Nazareth. Then,
taking up the cup of gold which had been presented to him by the wise
men of the East, he filled it at a neighbouring fountain, and watered
the flower and breathed upon it. And the plant grew and became the most
perfect of plants, and it flowers in every meadow, when the snow
disappears, and is itself the snow of spring, delighting the young heart
and enticing the old men from the village to the fields. From then until
now this flower has continued to bloom and although it may be plucked a
hundred times, again it blossoms--_Colshorn's Deutsche Mythologie furs
Deutsche Volk_.

[089] The Gorse is a low bush with prickly leaves growing like a
juniper. The contrast of its very brilliant yellow pea shaped blossoms
with the dark green of its leaves is very beautiful. It grows in hedges
and on commons and is thought rather a plebeian affair. I think it would
make quite an addition to our garden shrubbery. Possibly it might make
as much sensation with us (Americans) as our mullein does in foreign
green-houses,--_Mrs. Stowe_.

[090] George Town.

[091] The hill trumpeter.

[092] Nutmeg and Clove plantations.

[093] Leigh Hunt, in the dedication of his _Stories in Verse_ to the
Duke of Devonshire speaks of his Grace as "the adorner of the country
with beautiful gardens, and with the far-fetched botany of other
climates; one of whom it may be said without exaggeration and even
without a metaphor, that his footsteps may be traced in flowers."

[094] The following account of a newly discovered flower may be
interesting to my readers. "It is about the size of a walnut, perfectly
white, with fine leaves, resembling very much the wax plant. Upon the
blooming of the flower, in the cup formed by the leaves, is the exact
image of a dove lying on its back with its wings extended. The peak of
the bill and the eyes are plainly to be seen and a small leaf before the
flower arrives at maturity forms the outspread tail. The leaf can be
raised or shut down with the finger without breaking or apparently
injuring it until the flower reaches its bloom, when it drops,"--_Panama
Star_.

[095] Signifying the _dew of the sea_. The rosemary grows best near the
sea-shore, and when the wind is off the land it delights the
home-returning voyager with its familiar fragrance.

[096] Perhaps it is