The Work Of Nature In The Months.

in that Sabbath give a Sabbath-teaching to those of her children Avho will follow her guidance ; should of those very children provide her Poet-priests and priestesses to divine her wondrous lore , to expound its hidden mysteries , and dispense its mental-healings to all her offspring of the earth . Well may we " Thank God for flowers !" For" The Poet , faithful and far-seeing ,

Sees , alike in stars and flowers , a part Of the self-same universal being Which is throbbing in his brain and heart . Gorgeous floAverets in the sunslight shining , Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day , Tremulous leaves with soft and silver lining , Buds that open only to decay .

Brilliant hopes , all woven in gorgeous tissues , Flaunting gaily in the golden light ; Large desires , with most vmeertain issues , Tender wishes , blossoming at night ! These in floAvers and men are more than seeming ; Workings ax * e they of the self-same powers , Which the Poet , in no idle dreaming , Seeth in himself and in the floivers . * * * *

Wondrous truths , and manifold as wondrous , God hath written in those stars above ; But not less in the bright floAverets under us Stands the revelation of his love . Bright and glorious is that revelation , Written all over this great Avorld of ours ; Making evident our owu creation ,

In these stars of earth , —these golden flowers . * - * # * In all places , then , and in all seasons , FloArers expand their light aud soul-like wings , Teaching us , by most persuasive reasons , HOAV akin they are to human things . And with child-like , credulous affection We behold their tender buds expand ; : Emblems of our own great resurrection , Emblems of the bright and better land . "

Once more " Thank God for floAvers ! " and Thank Him , toe , for that "Two worlds are ours : 'tis only sin Forbids us to descry The mystic heaven and earth within , Plain as the sea and sky . Thou , Avho hast given me to gee And love this sight so fair , Give me a heart to find out Thee , Aud read Thee everywhere . "

And now to the Works themselves , else will our space be filled Avith moralising and our time and opportunity , precious , for it is the last , of describing Nature in June , be lost and gone . As such thoughts induce a serious frame of mind , we Avill begin Avith one of our more sober-hued family—one of Avhich Ave spoke shortly last month—the Umbel-bearers . This family , on account , we suppose , of its very marked characteristics , is called almost universally " Hemlock , '' whereas but one species of it is in reality entitled to the name , and that one easdy recognizable from its being the onl y British kind that has a smooth spotted stem ; besides this , its deep-green , large and beautifully indented leaves , together with its mouse-like smell , is unmistakable . As a general rule , all plants of this tribe ,