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Page 89.  Line 4.
"—from Arum's blood-dropt leaf."

Arum maculatum—Vulgarly Cuckoo pint, or Lords and Ladies.

Line 5.
"This, with the Burdock's hooks," &c.

Arctium lappa.

Line 9.
"Fearless the scaled libellula," &c.

The Dragon-fly, or as it is called in the southern countries, the Horse-stinger, though it preys only on other insects. Several sorts of these are seen about water; but its introduction here is a poetical licence, as it does not feed on, or injure flowers.