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Show [ 22 In fon1e lone cave, fecure pavilion, lies, And waits the courtfl1ip of ferener ikics.- · So, fix cold tnoons, the Donnoufe charm' d to refl:, Indulgent Sleep! beneath thy eider breafi, In £elds of Fancy clitnbs the kernel' d groves, Or fuares the golden harvefi with his loves.rfhen bright frotn earth atnid the troubled {ky Afcends fair CoLCHICA with radiant eye, 205 210 fl?':er of the next fummer's tulip is beautifully feen by the naked eye, with its petals, r .dl.d, and fl:am~ns .; .the flowers exifl: in other bulbs, in the fame manner, as in Hyactntl! s, but the mdiVlrlual flowers of thefe being lefs, they are not fo eafily diifeCl:ed, or fo confpicuous to the naked eye. In the feeds of t~e Nymph;ca Nelumbo, the leaves of the plant are feen fo difl:inClly, that Mr. Ferber found out by them to what plant the feeds belonged. Am;cn. Acad. V. vi. No. 120 .. He fays that Mari~tt~ firfl: obferved the future flower and foliage in the bu\~ of a.Tt~l•p; and ad~s, ~hat 1t 1s pleafant to fee in the buds of the Hepatica and Ped•culans h1rfuta, yet lymg 111 the earth; and in the gems of Daphne M ezereon; an d at the bafe of Ofmunda Lunaria, a perfeCl: plant of the future year com 1 t · 11 · parts. Ibid. P e e In a Its Colchicum. autum. nale.. I.. 2r2. Autumnal Meadow-faffron . S'1x . m a1 e s, tl 1ree 1r ema1 e s. The germ •s buned w1th1n the root, which thus feems to conflitute a part of the fl F T f p ower. 'amt 1es o l~nts. p. 242. Thefe fingular flowers appear in the autumn without any leaves, whence 111 fo~11e countries they are called Naked Ladies: in the March follow in t~e gr~en leaves fpnng up, and in April the feed-veffel rifes from the ground; the feed~ n· pen mh M· ar y, co·n trary to the ufual habits of, vegetables ' -which flowe r m· th e {jp n· ng, an d ~~p~n t Clr Jeeds •n t.he autumn. Miller's DiCl:. The juice of the root of this lant is fo abc n· d as to prbo dur ce vwlent cffe. Cl:s on the human conflltution , wht'cll al1r0 prevenPt s 1· t f:r om ell1g eaten y JUbtcrranean mfeCl:s, and thus guards the reed efi· I d . h . 1• -v e unng t e wwter. ( 23 Warms the cold bofom of the hoary year, And lights with Beauty's blaze the dulky fphere. Three bluiliing Maids the intrepid Nymph attend, 215 And fix gay Youths, enamour' d train ! defend. So fhines with :lilver guards the Georaian Har b ' And drives on Night's blue arch his glittering car ; Hangs o'er the billowy clouds his lucid form, Wades through the tnift, and dances in the flonn. 2 2 o GREAT HELIANTHUS guides o' cr twilight plains In gay folemnity his Dervife-trains ; The defoliation of deciduous trees is announced by the flowering of the Colchicum; of thefe the a{h is the 1afl: that puts forth its leaves, and the firfl: that lofes them. Phil. Bot. p. 275· The Hamamelis, Witch Hazle, is another plant which flowers in autumn; when the leaves fall off, the flowers come out in clufl:ers from the joints of the branches, and in Virginia ripen their feed in the enfuing fpring; but in this country their feeds feldom ripen. Lin. Spec. Plant, Miller's Diet. Helianthus. I. 221. Sun flower. The numerous florets which confl:itute the di!k of this flower, contain in each five males furrounding one female, the five fl:amens have their anthers conneCl:ed at top, whence the name of the claf3 " confederate males;" fee note on Chondrilla. The fun-flower follows the courfe of the fun by nutation, not by twifl:ing its fl:em. (Hales veg. fiat.) Other plants, when they arc confined in a room., turn the fhining fur face of their leaves, and bend their whole branches to the light. See Mimofa. |