To complete this delightful picture of the luxurious beauty of an Asiatic garden, we add the charming description by Mr. SOUTHEY, from his Thalaba: Where'er his eye could reach,

Fair structures rainbow-hued arose;

And rich pavilions through the opening woods
Gleamed from their wavy curtains sunny gold;
And winding through the verdant vale,
Flowed streams of liquid light;

And fluted cypresses reared high

Their living obelisks.

And broad-leaved plane trees in long colonnades

O'erarched delightful walks,

Where round their trunks the thousand-tendrilled vine
Wound up, and hung the boughs with greener wreaths,
And clusters not their own.

Wearied with endless beauty, did his eyes
Return for rest? Beside him teems the earth
With tulips, like the ruddy evening streaked;
And here the lily hangs her head of snow;

.And here, amid her sable cup,

Shines the red eye-spot, like one brightest star,
The solitary twinkler of the night;

And here the ROSE expands

Her paradise of leaves.

And oh! what odours the voluptuous vale
Scatters from jasmine bowers

From yon rose wilderness,

From clustered Henna, and from orange groves,

That with such perfumes filled the breeze,
As Peris to their sister bear,

When from the summit of some lofty tree

She hangs, encaged, the captive of the Dives.
They from their pinions shake

The sweetness of celestial flowers,
And, as her enemies impure,
From that impervious poison far away

Fly groaning with the torment, she the while
Inhales her fragrant food.

Such odours flowed upon the world
When, at Mohammed's nuptials, word
Went forth in heaven, to roll

The everlasting gate of Paradise
Back on its living hinges, that its gales
Might visit all below: the general bliss

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owl may be seen about the middle of the e evening, among the branches of oaks, of its favourite repast, the fern-chaffer solstitialis). Jisu to note Hams eral kinds of corn' come into ear and ng this month, as well as most of the nucies of grasses. See T.T. for 1818, p. 205, ount of the various kinds of wheat; and a description of the grasses. Bal

rries, currants, and strawberries now begin

-harvest commences about the end of the the southern and midland parts of the About this time, also, birds cease their bobogan

al ceremony of sheep-shearing usually takes une, and was formerly celebrated with much pastime. A dinner was provided, with

songs, and a shepherd-king was elected, always conferred upon the individual whose - produced the earliest lamb. lover is species of veronicas and speedwells are a with their blue flowers; together with the nd fragrant honeysuckle (lonicera periclyadmired by all for the charms which it imthe rural walk. The gum cistus tribe shed eir abundant flowers, covering the ground most delicate blossoms. The heaths begin e in all their glory, throughout this and the

not in the virtue of a few to drown the wickedness of the Iwe come into a field that hath some good plenty of corn, store of weeds, though it be red with poppy, or yellow with or blue with wild-bottles or scabious, we still call it a corn t if we come into a barn-floor, and see some few grains" amongst a heap of chaff, we do not call it a corn-heap; the of the offal devours the mention of those insensible grains. s with times and nations; a little good is not seen amongst : a righteous Lot cannot make his city to be no Sodom, ness, as it helps to corrupt, so it helps to shame a very age.l's xxviiith Sermon.

The SUCCESSION of FLOWERS.

In part selected and versified from Hervey's Meditations.

The snowdrop, foremost of the lovely train,
Breaks through the frozen soil; in calm disdain
Of danger, robed like innocence, steps forth,
And dares the threat'ning furies of the North,
Long ere the sap is to the bud conveyed,
'Midst icicles in varied forms displayed.
Next peeps the crocus out, with timid air,
Still doomed the rage of howling blasts to bear:
Afraid she seems 'midst ruffian winds to shoot,
Lies close, and hardly ventures from her root.
The violet, stored with each emissive sweet,
Like modest virtue, seeks a calm retreat.

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ugh possessed of each attractive grace
■ royal garden might have place,
ms our humble hedges to adorn,
ks the rugged feet of many a thorn.
s the auricula; arrayed she comes
dour, and in liveliest beauty blooms:
can the crystal lustre of her eye
r rich garment's glossy satin vie :
her bed the sweet perfumes arise,
nds of unseen incense mount the skies.
Eps, all erect in gaudy show,

ne parterre with a distinguished glow:
anton Beauty plays a thousand freaks;
diversity of colours breaks

egated dyes; their cups unfold
ashing crimson, and the flaming gold.
t anemone's fair bottom spread
ling robe; a rising dome her head:
r loose mantle elegance supply;
ending tufts, exactest symmetry.
ay carnation, decked in varying dyes,
y with fragrance blended then supplies.
ext the bold ranunculus expand,
ceful texture, to the florist's hand:
hest foliage destined to outvie,
rs the soft enamel on the eye.
of purest white their place resume,
easing contrast to the rose's bloom.
rose, of brilliant hue, and perfumed breath,
=, blossoms, dies, and still is sweet in death.
hese, fresh flowers, that transiently preside,
uick succession crown the garden's pride,
a vivid radiance bursting forth to view,
treat enliven and the charm renew.
rise in different form, yet all agree
speak the praises of the DEITY,
o gives to every plant, and every flower,
show the wonders of creative power.
ile every plant and every flower conveys
e transient nature of our fleeting days,

Il deep reflection paints, to human kind,

ose flowers that decorate the virtuous mind.

ese, watched by constant care, by heavenly aid, beauty still matured, can never fade;

ith life renewed, they shall survive the tomb, nd deck a paradise with endless bloom.

1 Cambridge Chronicle for January 19, 1821.

J. V. T.'

The maritime plants which flower this month are, the sea-barley (hordeum maritimum), sulphur-wort (pucedanum officinale), and loose sedge (carex distans), in salt marshes; the sea-plantain (plantago maritima), among rocks on the sea-coast; and slender-leaved buffonia (buffonia tenuifolia), and the tassel pond-weed (ruppia maritima), in salt water ditches. To these may be added the common alkanet (anchusa officinalis), the narrow-leaved pepperwort (lepidum ruderale), and the Roman nettle (urtica pilulifera), in sea wastes; the black salt-wort (glaux maritima), on muddy shores; the sea chickweed (arenaria peploides), and the common searocket (bunias cakile), on sandy shores; and the perfoliate cabbage (brassica orientalis) among maritime rocks.

The trees, particularly the laurels and evergreens, now make their second or midsummer shoots, the younger and lighter shades of which form a variety and contrast to the darker and yellow colours of the first shoots. The acacia at length puts out its elegant light and bright foliage, and its tassels of white papilionaceous flowers, which emulate the orange in scent. The motion of its elegant pennated leaves is particularly worthy of attention, folding closely back at night, and opening out to catch the morning rays; being as sensible to the stimulus of light, as the mimosa is to the touch, to which tribe and genus, indeed, the acacia belongs.

amount £328 55 above westwa

The innumerable species of insects that are called into life by the heat in this month, afford a neverfailing source of amusement and instruction to the admirer of Nature's minutest works. Many of these are only discoverable by the microscope, and are eminently worthy of our observation.

Mackerel (scomber, scomber) are taken in abundance in this month. The success of the fishery in 1821 was beyond all precedent. The amount of the

catch of 16