may seem to guide them rightly in the boundless ocean of unknown truth. But if censure be merited for here indulging, even for a moment, in pure speculation, it may, perhaps, be disarmed by the reflection that the discovery of the vertebrate archetype could not fail to suggest to the anatomist many possible modifications of it ⚫ beyond those we know to have been realized in this little orb of ours." If there be any truth in this idea, then the animated matter of other worlds may point to the same Archetype as the animated matter of this world. And on this supposition, what a significancy would be given to the humanity of our Lord! When the Word became flesh, the Divinity was in a sense humbled; and when the Incarnate Word ascended into heaven, flesh or matter was exalted, and made to serve the most glorious ends. We thus obtain a glimpse of a way in which matter, throughout all its domains, may be exalted by its association with the Son of God taking our likeness; and of a way, too, in which other worlds, or all worlds, and other creatures, even principalities and powers in heavenly places, may be instructed by this "manifold wisdom," and by which God may "by Him reconcile all things unto Himselfby Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven." But as we stand gazing on our ascending Lord, a cloud wraps Him from our view, and we hear, as it were, a voice saying, "Why stand ye here gazing?" and bidding us return to the observations of things clearly within the range of our vision. APPENDIX. SELECTED LIST OF PLANTS, ILLUSTRATING ASSOCIATIONS OF COLOURS, AND RELATIONS Ranunculus repens, R. bulbosus, R. nemorosus, Cheiranthus alpinus, V. lutea, Saxifraga ligulata, S. sarmentosa, S. Aizoon, Cytisus Laburnum, Anthyllis vulneraria, Lathyrus pratensis, Kennedya monophylla, . Cytisus scoparius, } Flowers yellow and purple. Corolla white, with purple spots; the yellow anthers lie on the purple spots. Two petals white; three are spotted with purple, and are yellow at the base. Leaves yellow-green and red-purple; corolla yellow and purple; ovary first yellowgreen, then red-purple. Four petals yellow; the fifth is yellow, with a purple spot. Corolla yellow; tips of calyx purple. Corolla yellow; the odd lobe with purple veins. Four petals purple; the odd petal has a yellow spot. Flower yellow; the odd piece has purple streaks on the inside. Calyx yellow-green, and red-purple streaks; odd lobe of corolla yellow, with purple on the outside. Swainsonia purpurea, Hieracium Pilosella, Aster acris, A. spectabilis," Corolla red-purple; odd lobe with a white eye. Flower yellow, outer surface of ray purple. A. cordifolius, A. Novæ An- Centre yellow, circumference purple. Centre purple, circumference yellow. Circumference and centre yellow; inner scales of involucre red-purple, outer scales yellowgreen; stems red-purple, foliage yellowgreen. Odd lobe of corolla red-purple inside; calyx yellow-green; stalks red-purple. Flower yellow, with purple on odd lobe. Flower yellow, purple on the odd lobe. Corolla purple, odd lobe with yellow spots and yellow hairs. Odd lobe of corolla yellow and purple. Pitcher red-purple and yellow-green. Anthers purple below, yellow above. Perianth red-purple and yellow-green. Stem red-purple; dense masses of yellowgreen flowers; the latter have sometimes red-purple streaks. Young cones purple and citrine. Buds red-purple, leaves yellow-green. Young shoot red-purple, young leaf yellowgreen. Young shoot yellow-green; more advanced, red-purple; when older, it is citrine. MONOCOTYLEDONS. Sepals, outside yellow-green, inside redpurple; two upper petals white, or yellow with purple spots; third petal yellow and purple spots. Brassia verrucosa, Oncidium Cavendishii, Epidendrum cochleatum, Lycaste aromatica, Cattleya Loddigesii, Oncidium Papilio, Cypripedium venustum, Listera cordata, Iris pseudacorus, I. Germanica, I. tricolor, Caladium pictum, . Strelitzia, several species, Curcuma cordata, and Juncus compressus, Papyrus antiquorum, Sepals and two upper petals yellow-green and red-purple; third petal white, with green warts and yellowish eye; flower-stalks purple. Third petal yellow and purple. Leaves red-purple and yellow-green. Petals yellow-green and red-purple; bract yellow-green, with red-purple line on the midrib, and one near each margin; ovary yellow-green, with red-purple lines corresponding to the adherent edges of the pieces of which it consists. Flowers red-purple and yellow-green. Flower yellow, with purple streaks; stamens variegated with purple. Calyx yellow and purple; corolla purple ; pollen yellow. Petals yellow; sepals yellow and purple. Teeth and edge of leaf red-purple, centre yellow-green. Centre of leaf red-purple, edge of leaf yellow |