Excerpt from The Botanic Garden: A Poem, in Two Parts; Containing the Economy of Vegetation and the Loves of the Plants; With Philosophical Notes Mark hie green foliage, count hie mushy flowers, Though willing Nature to thy curious eye, ' That blush or tremble to the rising ray. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.