...good at the present day. Cowper the poet, who wrote on flowers, thus speaks concerning the lilac. " The lilac, various in array, now white, Now sanguine,...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved, all Which hue she most approv'd she chose them." NOTICES FOE MAY. 8th.— First Quarter,...

...darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress or more sable yew Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf 155 That the wind severs from the broken wave ; The lilac...white, Now sanguine, and her beauteous head now set ' " Yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd evil is no...

...in the same way. Both these species thrive in the shade and under the droppings of trees. SYBINGA. Lilac. " Various in array, now white, Now sanguine,...beauteous head now set With purple spikes pyramidal." Syringa, — some say from Greek, an Arcadian nymph, or, more properly, here, a pipe. The tubes of...

...humbler growth, the other, tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighb'ring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all ; Copious of flowers the woodbine, pale...

...humbler growth, the other tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all; Copious of flowers, the woodbine, pale...

...generally cultivated shrubs, and is beautifully described by the poet, Cowper, as throwing up its — " Silver globes, light as the foamy surf, That the wind severs from the broken wave." * ORDER XXXVII. RUBIA'CEJE. (MADDER FAMILY ) Herbs, shrubs or trees with opposite or verticillate,...

...humbler growth, the other* tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all ; Copious of flowers, the woodbine, pale...

...renew with pleasure. The guelder-rose, which, when lilacs and laburnums were in bloom, hung aloft " Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave," now bears instead tufts of coral beads, and at this season is no less attractive in its wild state...

...the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foaming surf That the wind severs from the broken wave ; The...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all; Copious of flowers the woodbine, pale and...

...humbler growth, the other tall,1 And throwing up into the darkest gloum Of neighbouring cypress or more sable yew Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf...spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved [all ; Which hue she most approved, she chose them Copious of flowers the woodbine, pale...