BY
GEORGE GARDNER, M.D., F.L.S.,
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS OF CEYLON.
“A populous solitude of bees and birds,
And fairy-formed and many-colour’d things,
… the gush of springs,
And fall of lofty fountains, and the bend
Of stirring branches, and the bud which brings
The swiftest thought of beauty, here extend,
Mingling, and made by Love unto one mighty end.”
Childe Harold.
SECOND EDITION.