The most Ornamental Foreign Plants, cultivated in the OpenGround, the Green-House, and the Stove, are accurately represented intheir natural Colours.
Their Names, Class, Order, Generic and Specific Characters, according tothe celebrated Linnæus; their Places of Growth, and Times ofFlowering:
Intended for the Use of such Ladies, Gentlemen, andGardeners, as wish to become scientifically acquainted with thePlants they cultivate.
Author of the Flora Londinensis.
Observe the rising Lily's snowy grace, |
Observe the various vegetable race; |
They neither toil nor spin, but careless grow, |
Yet see how warm they blush! how bright they glow! |
What regal vestments can with them compare! |
What king so shining, or what queen so fair. |
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