blossoms, exhale, in the evening chiefly, a most powerful lemon-like scent, as Epidendrum ensifolium, Sm. Spicil. t. 24, and Chloranthus inconspicuus, Phil. Trans, for 1787. t. 14, great favourites of the Chinese, who seem peculiarly fond of this scent. There are other instances of odorous and aromatic secretions, similar among themselves, produced by very different plants, as Camphor. The sweet smell of new hay is found not only in Anthoxanthum odoratum, Engl. Bot. t. 647, and some other grasses, but in Woodruff or Asperula odorata, t. 755, Melilot or Trifolium officinale, t. 1340, and all the varieties, improperly deemed species, of Orchis militaris,
Let Pæstum's all-flowery groves
Their roses profusely bestow.
Go catch the light zephyr that roves
Where the wild thyme and marjoram grow.
Let every pale night-scented flower,
Sad emblem of passion forlorn,
Resign it's appropriate hour,
To enhance the rich breath of the morn.
All that art or that nature can find,
Not half so delightful would prove,
Nor their sweets all together combined,
Half so sweet as the breath of my love.
