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-A DiIcTIONARY OF MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED PLANTS, WITH THE GENERA AND FAMILIES TO WHICH THEY BELONG, AND THE LANGUAGE OF EACH ILLUSTRATED WITH APPROPRIATE GEMS oF PoETrRy.
BY MRS. CORDELIA HARRIS TURNER.
With an Autograph Letter and Introductory Poem by William Cullen Bryant.
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A PRACTICAL TREATISE FOR AMATEURS
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CULTIVATION AND ANALYSIS OF PLANTS
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y HE love of flowers having become so nearly
universal, it seems almost superfluous for an author to attempt any explanation in placing a work at all pertaining to the subject before the public, as every work, either elaborate or simple, must awaken a response in some heart where nature has placed her shrine. To those
endowed with keen perceptions, the magnifi- cent, intricate: and wonderful handiwork of the All-wise is daily mani- fested, and always new, in the infinite variety of the floral world.
A number of years ago, the writer, being interested in the mytho- logical legends of the Greeks and Romans, was frequently struck with the number of fabled gods and goddesses, and the various rural nymphs who attended them, that were transformed into a tree, shrub or flower, either to mitigate some sorrow, gratify revenge, or as a punishment for some breach of the laws supposed to govern the deities of that time.
Having made numerous memoranda of such legends, the love of flowers was sufficient to interest one in the general history of plants, their nativity, uses, the chief events in the history of each species, its
cultivation and introduction into America. The “FLORAL KINGDOM” : iii
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PREFACE.
is the mature outgrowth of such notes. In order to make the book pleasing to the general reader, it has been the endeavor to exclude all technical terms pertaining to the science of botany, except the mere classification of plants into families to show the relation of one plant to another.
This arrangement has been made according to what is called the Natural System, it being the one most in use in the various books on botany, as more philosophical than the Linnean System.
The sentiment or language assigned to each flower has been the
result of an extended search through various works both ancient and
modern, the most ancient being the richest, however, in material and in poetic ideas. The sentiments attached to flowers originating in the imag- inative minds of the people, served as a means of communication at a time when the art of writing was known only to the few, these being mostly learned men and professional scribes. As the well known disa- greements of authors in attributing different languages to the same plant often make it difficult to determine which to choose, it is proper to state that the sentiments here given have been preferred because of the weight of authority in their favor.
Having led the reader into the bowers of nature, what more natural
.than that many paths should be found leading into the garden of the
poets, where rich intellectual blossoms are scattered with an unsparing hand? The love of poetry elevates the soul and makes it more suscep- tible to those delicate, spiritual and subtle influences that’ are found in other souls; it gives it a more rare appreciation of those higher beau- ties that are daily seen both in nature and art; it awakens a depth of feeling that almost entirely obliterates selfishness, and opens the heart to generous sympathies and warm impulses. The selections made for this work are numerous, and are the result of a very prolonged and laborious quest, They have been culled from many sources and various authors, foreign and native, and comprehend many of the choicest gems
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ALPHABETICAL LisT oF AUTHORS QUOTED,
AvuTOGRAPH LETTER AND Porm, by William Cullen Bryant,
Hymn To THE FLoweErs, by Horace Smith,
PART j1.— Description,
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Language and Poetry of Flowers. .
PAGE. PAGE. Acacia (Rose) —Friendship, 1 AspPHODEL—Remembered beyond the tomb, -31! ADDER’s ToncuE—Deceit, 2 AsreR—Cheerfulness in old age, 32 AponIs — Sorrowful remembrances, 3. AuRicuLA—Painting, 33 AGERATUM —Politeness, 4 AzaLrEa—Temperance, - 34 AGRimony—Thankfulness, 5 BaccHaris —Intoxication, 35 AILANTUus —Lofty aspirations, 6 BacHELor’s BuTron — Single blessedness, 36 ALMonD —Despair, 7 Batm (Motucca)—You excite my curiosity, 37 ALOE — Grief, 8 Baim (Sweet)— Charms, 38 ALoysia—Forgiveness, g Baim (WiLp)—I value your sympathy, - 39 AxLyssum —Merit before beauty, 10 Baim or GILEAD— Sympathetic feeling, 40 AMARANTH —Immortality, 11 BaLsamMInE—Impatience, 41 AMARANTH (GLOBE) —I change not, 12 Barronra (GOLDEN)—Does he possess riches? 42 AMARYLLIS — Pride, 13. Basi~ (SwEET)—Good wishes, 43 AMERICAN ARBOR ViTz—Thine till death, 14 BAyBERRY—I respect thy tears, 44 AMERICAN E_m —Patriotism, 15 BrecH—Lovers’ tryst, 45 AMERICAN LINDEN —Matrimony, 16 Brconra—Deformity, 46 ANDROMEDA (MARSH) —Bound by fate, - 17 BELLFLOWER —A constant heart, 47 ANEMONE — Anticipation, 18 BrERBERRY—A sour disposition, -- 48 ANGELICA—Inspiration, 19 Brrcn—Elegance, 49 ApocyNnum —Falsehood, 20 Brack HoarHounD—I reject you, 50 AppLe BLossom—Preference, 21 BLADDERNUT—A trifling character, 51 ApricoT—Temptation, 22 BoraGE—Abruptness, 52 ArsuTus — Simplicity, 23 Bouncine Bess —Intrusion, 53 ARETHUSA—Fear, 24 Box—Stoicism, 54 ARISTOLOcHIA—Prodigality, 25 Broom—Humility, 55 ARNiIcA—Let me heal thy grief, 26 Broom Corn —Labor, 56° AscLepias — Conquer your love, 27. BRowaALLiA—Can you bear poverty? S7 Asu — Grandeur, - 28 BucLoss—Hypocrisy, 58 ASPARAGUS —Emulation, 29 BuLrusn—Indecision, 59 \ Aspen —Excessive sensibility 30 Burpock—Proximity undesirable, 60 Ss +N
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PAGE PAGE. Butrercup—Distrust, - - - - 61 DaARNEL—Vice, - - - 112 BUTTERFLY ORCHIS— Gaiety, 62 Day Lity—Cogquetry, - - - 113 CacaLia—Adiulation, 63 DerapLty NicgHTsHADE—Death, 114 Cactus (NIGHT-BLOOMING)—Transient beauty 64 DoppzER—Baseness, 115 Cactus (SNAKE) — You terrify me, 65 DoGwoop—Honesty true nobility, 116 CaLcEoLaRiA—Novelty, 66 Dracon’s CLAw—-Danger, 117 Catia Lity—Feminine beauty, 67. Dwarr Pinx—Innocence, 118 CaLycanTHus —Benevolence, 68 Dyer’s WeEeD—Design, - 119 CaMELLIA—Perfect loveliness, 69 EBENASTER—Night, 2 120 Canary Grass —Perseverance, - yo EcLtantine—Home, 121 Canpyturr—Architecture, 71 ELpER—Zeal, 122 CANTERBURY BELLS — Gratitude, 72, ENCHANTER’s NIGHTSHADE— Sorcery, 123 CARDAMINE —Infatuation, 73. EnpiveE—Medicine, 124 CARDINAL FLowEeR—Preferment, 74 ENGLisH Moss — Fortitude, 125 CarRNATION — Contempt, 75 EscaLLonia— Opinion, 126 CatrcuFrLy—I am thy prisoner, 76 ETERNAL FLowER—Eternity, - 127 CEDAR (RED) —TI live for thee, 77. EupaTtorium—Delay, - 128 CELANDINE —Future happiness, 48 EupxHorsia—Reproof, - 129 CHAMOMILE—Mercy,~— - 49 Evtroca—A Gift, - 130 CuestNuT—Deceptive appearances, 80 EyEBRIGHT—Your eyes are bewitching, 131 CHICKWEED — Star of my existence, 81 FENNEL —Worthy all praise, 132 Cuicory—Prudent economy, - 82. FENNEL FLOWER —Artifice, 133 Curina AsTER (DouBLE) —Bounty, 83. Fern (WALKING) — Curiosity, 134 Curtna ASTER (SINGLE) —I will think of it, 84 FEvERFEW —Beneficence, 135 CHRYSANTHEMUM — Slighted affections, 85 Fir BaLtsam—Health, - 136 CINERARIA—Always delightful, 86 Frax—Domestic industry, 137 Crirron—Marriage, 87 FLower-or-an-Hour —Trifling beauty, 138 CLIANTHUS — Glorious beauty, 88 FourR-o’cLock —Time, : 139 CLoTsuR —Detraction, 89 FoxcLove—Delirium, 140 CLoverR—Industry, go FRITILLARIA—Persecution, 141 Cosza— Gossip, g1 Fucusia—Grace, 142 Cockscoms —Foppery, 92 GENTIAN—Intrinsic worth, 143 CoLuMBINE —Folly, 93 GERANIUM— Confidence, 144 Coreopsis —Happy at all times, 94 GLApIOLUS—Ready armed, 145 CorIANDER—Mcrit, 95 G Loser FLowER —Fancy, - 146 Corn CockLe —Worth above beauty, 96 Gourp—Extent, 147 CoroniILLa— Success crown your wishes, 97 GrRass—Utility, 148 Corton PLant— Greatness, 98 Grounp Ivy—Enjoyment, 149 CRANBERRY—Hardihood, 99 GRounD PrngE— Complaint, 150 Crape MyrtLe—Eloquence, - 100 Gum TrREE—Enthusiasm, Ist Crocus (SPRING) — Cheerfulness, ior HAwWKWEED— Quick-sightedness, 152 Crown ImperiaLt—Imperial power, 1o2 Heratu— Solitude, 153 CupHEea—I mpatience, 103 HrLentum—Tears, 154 CurRRANT—Y ou please all, 104 HELIoTROPE—Devotion, 155 CycLAMEN—Diffidence, 105 HELLEBORE—Calumny, 156 Cypress — Sorrow, 1o6 Hemp —Fate, - 157 DarFopi_— Chivalry, - 107 HoLttyuHock—Ambition, - .- 158 Dau Li1a—Dignity, - 108 Horty—Foresight, - 159 Daisy—Innocence and beauty, 109 Honesty—Honesty, 160 DanvELIon—Y outhful recollections, - 110 HonEysucKLE—Bonds of love, - 161
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Morninc Giory — Repose, 212 Rosg-LEAVED Rusus— Threats, - - 263 i
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PAGE. PAGE, RosEMARY — Remembrance, - 264 SyrincaA— Memory, : 296 Rose (Musk) — Charms, 265 Tansy — Resistance, 297 RosE (WHITE) — Secrecy, 266 TEASEL— Misanthropy, 298 RUDBECKIA — Justice, 267. THISTLE—Austerity, 299 RuE— Repentance, 268 THORN — Difficulty, 300 SacE— Domestic virtue, 269 THorN ApPLe— Deceitful charms, 301 Satvia — Energy, 270 THRirT— Sympathy, 302 SARSAPARILLA — Experience, - 271 TiGER FLowErR — Pride befriend me, 303 SASSAFRAS — Favor, 272. TRUMPET FLOWER — Fame, 304. SENSITIVE PLANT — Bashful modesty, 273 +—TuBEROSE — Voluptuousness, 305 SHAmrock — Light-heartedness, 274 TuLip— Declaration of love, 306 SNAPDRAGON — Presumption, - 275 TussILAGo—Justice to you, 307 SnowBa.i — Thoughts of heaven, 276 VaLERian — Obliging disposition, 308 SNowprop— Consolation, 277. ~Venus’s Fiy-TRap— Deceit, 309 Snowprop TREE — Exhilaration, 278 VeEnus’s Loox1nc-cLass— Flattery, 310 SouTHERNWoop — Jesting, 279 =Verpena— Sensibility, . 311 SPEEDWELL — Female fidelity, 280 -VWioter — Modesty, 312 SPIDERWoRT — Transient happiness, 281 WirGin’s Bower — Filial affection, 313 SRE Nero — Henetty) 282° WaLLFLOWER — Fidelity in misfortune, 314 Suen ral 83 Watnur— Intellect, 315 STAPELIA — Offense, 284 w Thee eee 6 STaR FLoweErR — Reciprocity, - 285 ee pees 3 STAR OF BETHLEHEM — Reconciliation, 286 WEEPING ELD —Mpbaneholy, 317 STRAWBERRY — Perfect goodness, 287 Wueat — Riches, 2 318 Sumacu — Splendor, 988 WHITE WaLNuT— Understanding, 319 Summer Savory — Success, 289 WINTER CHERRY — Deception, 320 SUNFLOWER — Lofty thoughts, 290 WitcH Hazer— Witchery, 321 Sweer Frac—Fitness, 291 Wormwoop— Absence, 322 Sweet Potato — Hidden qualities, 292 YARROW—War, 323 Sweet SuLTAN — Felicity, 293 YEW—Sorrow, 324 Sweet WILLIAM — Stratagem, : 294 YuccaA— Authority, 325 SycamorE— Woodland beauty, 295 ZINNIA— Thoughts in absence, - - 326
PAR Jj.— Cultivation and Analysis of Plants.
PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE. DIsEAsES OF PLANTS— Mildew; Blackrust;
PAGE. Sorts — Loam; Sand; Leaf-mold; Turf; Peat; Damping Off, 342 Manures, . 330-331 PRACTICAL PRECEPTS, 342 FLowER-Brps—In Relation to Symmetry and Color; Deformities Concealed, 331-333 CULTURE OF FAVORITE PLANTS, PROPAGATING PLANTS — Sowing Seeds; Cut- tings or Slips; Layering; Offshoots; Bulbs, 333 perenne 346 PoTTiING PLAntTs, 335 CHYRANTHUS; 347 WaTERING Pranrs, aq OAEANTHUE, 347 PRUNING PLANTS, 2 338 ALTERNANTHERAS, 348 Insrcts— Foliage Insects: Aphis . Rose; AMARYLLIS, 349 Thrips; Red Spider; Mealy Bug; Coccus; ASTER, - 349 Verbena Mite; Roller Caterpillar; Rose AZALEA, : : 350 Beetle; Tobacco Worm, 338-340 Barsam, - Z 350 Root Worms: Angleworm;* Milleped; Cut- BEGONIA, - - - 351 \ Worm; Wire- Worm, 341 Bovuvarpia, - - - - 352 a vill ¥
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Alghabelical Jrist of Authors Quolen.
Abbey, Henry. Adams, John S. Addison. Akenside.
Aleyn.
Alimony, Lady. Anacreon. Ancrum, Earl of. Angelo, Michael. Armstrong, Dr. John. Ascher, Isidore G. Aylward, James S.
Babington.
Bailey.
Baillie, Joanna.
Barrett, Miss.
Barton, Bernard. Baxter, Sylvester. Beattie.
Beaumont and Fletcher. Beddoes, Thomas Lovell. Bell, Alexander. Bellman Carl Michael. Benjamin, Park. Bennett, Emily T. Bennett, W. C. Benton, Joel. Bidlake.
Bird.
Bird, Robert M. Blackmore, Sir R. Blair. < Blessington, Countess of. Bogart, Elizabeth.
Boker, George H.
Bowles, Miss.
Bowring, John.
Bradley, Mary E.
Brock, Sallie A.
Brome,
Brooke.
Brooke, Lord.
Brooks, James G.
Brown.
Browne.
Browne, Mary Anne. Browne, William. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Bruce, Michael. oe Bryant, William Cullen. Brydges, Sir S. E,
Bulwer.
Burbidge, Thomas.
pes G. A.
Burleigh.
Burns.
Butler.
Butler, Mrs. Frances A. K, Byron.
Campbell. Carey, Pheebe. Carew, Lady.
Carew, Thomas. Cartwright. Chandler, Mary. Chandler, Mrs. C. N. Chapman, George. Churchill.
Cibber.
Clare.
Clare, John.
Clark, Willis Gaylord. Clarke, Sara Jane. Clason, Isaac 8. Cleveland.
Clinch.
Clinch, T. H. Coleridge.
Collins.
Comer, Joseph. Congreve.
Conrad, Robert T. Cook, Eliza. Cooper, George. Cordner, Charlotte. Cornwall, Barry. Cotton,
Cowley.
Cowper.
Crabbe.
Cranch, Christopher Pearse.
Crown. Cumberland.
Dana, R. H. Daniel, Samuel. Darley, George. Darwin, Dr. E. Davenant, Sir William. Davenport. Davies, Sir John, Dawes, Rufus. Decker.
Denham, Sir J. Dickens, Charles. Dinnies, Mrs. Anne Peyre. Dobell, Sydney. Dodge, Mary B. Donne.
Dorr, Julia C. R. Drayton.
Drayton, Nicholas. Drew.
Dryden.
Dyer.
Eastburn, J. W.
Eldredge, Mrs. R. T.
Ellet, Mrs. Elizabeth F. 1h
Embury, Mrs. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, Eusden. Euphorion. vans,
Everest, C. W. Everett, John.
Fairfax, _. Fawcett, Edgar. Fenton. Fielding. Fields, James ie Fitts, James Franklin. Foote.
Ford, John.
Fountain.
Franklin.
Franklin, James. Frisbie, Levi. Frowde.
Fuller, Frances A.
Gay.
German, from the. Gibbs, A.
Gifford.
Gifford, Lena I. Gilman, Caroline. Glyndon, Howard. Goffe.
Goldsmith.
Gould, Miss. Granville.
Gray.
Greek, from the. Green,
Greenwell, Dora. Grey, Barton.
Habington, William. Hale, Mrs. S. J.
Hall, Marcia. Halleck.
Hamlin, G.
Harney, Will Wallace. Harte, Walter. Harvard.
Hay, William.
Hayne, Paul H.
Hays, Samuel.
Hayley.
Heath.
Heine.
Hemans, Mrs. Henderson.
Herbert, George. Herbert, Wiliam. Herrick, Robert. Heywood.
Hill.
Hill, Aaron,
Hill, Kate. J. Hillhouse, James A. Hirst, Henry B. Hoffman, Chas, Fenno. Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Home, John.
Hood, Thomas,
Howard, Mrs. V. E. Howard, Sir Robert. Howel.
Howitt, Mary. Howitt, William. Hoyt, Ralph. Hughan, O. G. Hugo, Victor. Hunt, Josie E. Hunt, Leigh.
Hunt, Sir A.
Ingelow, Jean.
Jeffery.
Jenks, H. N. Jewsbury, Miss. Johns, H. I. Johnson, C. Johnson, Dr. Jones, Sir W. Jonson, Ben.
Keats, John.
Kemble, Frances Anne. Kermode, Tamar Anne. King, Dr. Henry. Knowles.
Korner.
Labree, L.
Lalee.
Landon, L. E. Langey, W. F. Larcom, Lucy. Lawrence, William. R.
Leggett, William. Lewis, Anna Estelle. Lewis, Mrs.
Leyden, Dr.
Lillo.
Locke, Jane E. Locke, A. A,
Locke, Mrs. Longfellow.
Lover, Samuel. Lowell, James Russell. Lynch, Charlotte Anne. Lyitleton.
Macaulay, Lord. Maéhan. Mackellar. Madden, Dr. S. Malcolm, Edith, Mallet.
Mant,
Marloe. Marmyon, Marston. Mason,
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF AUTHORS QUOTED.
Massey. Massinger. Maturin,
May, Edith, May, Thomas, Mayne. Merivale. Metastasio. Middleton. Miller.
Miller, Joaquin. Milman,
Milton.
Mirror for Magistrates. Moir, Montgomery. Montgomery, W. R. Moore.
Moore, L. Bruce, More, Hannah. Morris, Robert. Motherwell.
Murphy. Bieay, Lindley.
Nabb.
Noney, A. W, Norris, John. Norton, Andrews, Norton, Mrs.
Ogilvie.
Old Play.
Ordway.
O'Reilly, John Boyle. Orrery, Earl of.
Osgood, Frances Sargent. Osgood, Kate Putnam, Otway.
Ovid.
Paine, R. T. Palmer, J. W. Parnell. Patterson, Pattison. Paulding. Peerbold. Percival. Percival, James G.
Petrarch.
Philips, Ambrose. Philips, John,
Philips, Katherine, Pierpont, John.
Pierson, Mrs. Lydia Jane. Pike, Albert.
Pindar.
Pinkney, Edward C, Pittacus.
Poem of 1584.
Pollock.
Pope.
Pordage,
Prattent.
Prentice, G, D.
Prior.
Proctor.
Procter, Adelaide Anne. Proctor, Bryan W.
Quarles, Francis.
Raleigh, Sir Walter. Rand, Mrs. M. H. Randolph. Randolph, Mrs. Eliza S. Read, Thomas Buchanan. Reid, Christian. Renaud, Edward, Richards, W. C. Robinson, Mary. Robinson, Mrs. Rochester, Rogers, Roscoe, William. Roscommon. Rossetti, Christina Georgina. Rowe. Russell, P. W.
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Salmagundi. Sandys.
Sanford, Lucy M. Sappho.
Sargent, Epes. Savage.
Saxe, John G. Scott, Sir Walter. Shakespeare. Shaw.
Shelly.
Shenstone.
Sheridan.
Shirley.
Sidney, Sir Philip. Sigourney, Mrs. Simms, W. G.
Smith.
Smith, Horace. Smith, Mrs. E. Oakes. Smith, Mrs. L, P. Smith, Mrs. Margaret. Smith, Mrs. Seba. Smith, William. Smollett.
Southern,
Southey,
Southey, Mrs. Southwell, Robert. Spanish, from the. Spear, Thomas G. Spencer, Caroline. Spenser.
Sprague, Charles, Stapleton, Sir Robert. Steele, Anne.
Sterline (or Stirling), Earl of. Sterling, John. Stillingfleet.
Story, W. W.
Street.
Street, Alfred B. Strickland.
Stuart, Carlos D.
‘Swain, Charles.
_ Swain, John. Suckling, Sir John, Sweney, Robert. Swift.
Sylvester, Joshua. Sylvestre. L.
Tasso. Tate. Taylor, Bayard. Taylor, Henry, Tennyson. Terry, Rose. Thackeray, William Make- peace. Thaxter, Celia. hompson.
Thomson, Thompson, James Maurice. Thurlow, Lord. Tickell.
Tighe, Mrs. Timon, The New. Tracy.
Trapp. Tuckerman, F, G. Tuke.
Tusser.
Twiss, Horace.
Very, Jones, Virgil.
Walcot, Dr.
‘Walker, James. Waller.
Waller, John Francis, Walsh, William. Wandestord. Watkyns.
Watson, J. T. ‘Webber, Fred W. Webster.
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Willis, N. P.
Wilson.
Wilson, John. Wither, George. Woodworth. Wordsworth. Wotten, Sir Henry.
Young.
INITIALS.
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Hymn to the Flowers.
AY-STARS! that ope your frownless eyes to twinkle From rainbow galaxies of earth’s creation, And dew-drops on her lonely altars sprinkle As a libation.
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Ye matin worshipers! who, bending lowly Before the uprisen sun, God’s lidless eye, Throw from your chalices a sweet and holy Incense on high.
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Ye bright mosaics! that with storied beauty The floor of Nature’s temple tessellate,
{ What numerous emblems of instructive duty Your forms create!
i p ’Neath cloistered boughs, each floral bell that swingeth, 1 LW And tolls its perfume on the passing air, ig» § Makes Sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth
A call to prayer.
Not to the domes where crumbling arch and column Attest the feebleness of mortal hand, But to that fane, most catholic and solemn, Which God hath planned;
To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply;
Its choir the winds and waves, its organ thunder, Its dome the sky.
There, as in solitude and shade I wander Through the green aisles, or stretched upon the sod,
Awed by the silence, reverently ponder
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Your voiceless lips, O flowers! are living preachers, Each cup a pulpit, every leaf a book, Supplying to my fancy numerous teachers From loneliest nook.
Floral Apostles! that in dewy splendor “Weep without woe, and blush without crime,” O, may I deeply learn, and ne’er surrender, Your love sublime!
“Thou wert not, Solomon, in all thy glory, Arrayed,” the lilies cry, “in robes like ours! How vain your grandeur! ah, how transitory Are human flowers!”
In the sweet-scented pictures, heavenly artist! With which thou paintest Nature’s wide-spread hall, What a delightful lesson thou impartest Of love to all!
Not useless are ye, flowers! though made for pleasure; Blooming o’er field and wave, by day and night, From every source your sanction bids me treasure Harmless delight. ;
Ephemeral sages! what instructors hoary For such a world of thought could furnish scope? Each fading calyx a memento mort, Yet fount of hope.
Posthumous glories! angel-like collection! Upraised from seed or bulb interred in earth, Ye are to me a type of resurrection And second birth.
Were I in churchless solitudes remaining, Far from all voice of teachers and divines, My soul would find, in flowers of God’s ordaining, Priests, sermons, shrines. —Horace SMITH.
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The Language of Flowers.
Their language? Prithee! why, they are themselves But bright thoughts syllabled to shape and hue—
The tongue that erst was spoken by the elves, When tenderness as yet within the world was new.
And, oh! do not their soft and starry eyes— Now bent to earth, to heaven now meekly pleading, Their incense fainting as it seeks the skies, [ing — Yet still from earth with freshening hope reced-
Say, do not these to every heart declare, With all the silent eloquence of truth, The language that they speak is Nature’s prayer, To give her back those spotless days of youth? — Charles Fenno Hoffman,
Acacia-Hose,
Robinia hispita. Natura Orver: Leguminose —Pulse Family.
SHE Rose Acacia is a beautiful shrub of the locust tribe, varying in height from three to five feet, and is grown for its large clusters of rose-colored, pea-shaped flowers, which are very pleasing to the eye. The Acacias are all very handsome plants, with great diversity of foliage, and number, in all their varieties, upward of four hundred. They are found in every quarter of the globe, except Europe, and some of them are natives of our own Southern States. The flowers of the choice varieties are yellow, pale straw-color, red, or purple. They require the protection of the greenhouse to grow them in perfection.
Friendship.
MALL service is true service while it lasts;
Of friends however humble, scorn not one: The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the ling’ring dewdrop from the sun.
— Wordsworth. H! let my friendship in the wreath, OVE is a sudden blaze which soon decays; Though but a bud among the flowers, Friendship is like the sun’s eternal rays; Its sweetest fragrance ’round thee breathe — Not daily benefits exhaust the flame: *Twill serve to soothe thy weary hours. It still is giving, and still burns the same. —Mrs. Welby. —Gay.
“TS RIENDSHIP'’S an abstract of love’s noble flame, ’Tis love refined, and purged from all its dross; The next to angel’s love, if not the same; As strong as passion is, though not so gross: It, antedates a glad eternity,
And is a heaven in epitome. —Katherine Phillips. RIENDSHIP is a plant of heavenly birth, RIENDSHIP is the cement of two minds, Constant its nature, and immense its worth, As of one man the soul and body is; Its essence virtue, and is known to rest, Of which one cannot sever but the other
And glow most warmly in the virtuous breast! Suffers a needful separation.
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Adder’s Tongne,
Ophtoglossum vulgatum. Natura Orver: Filices— Fern Family.
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in ‘, Some being too minute to be visible to the naked eye.
STRANGE name has this singular little plant, being derived ? from two Greek words, offzs, meaning serpent, and g/ossa, a = tongue; so called from the lance-like spike on which the It belongs to the beautiful family of ferns, most of which propagate themselves by seeds or ‘WX spores, arranged in various ways on the back of their leaves,
It is found in
ia low grounds, with solitary fronds measuring from two to three inches It has been chosen as an emblem of deceit, because those
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ND this was he who loved me; he who came
To whisper vows to my too willing ear
With lip of melody and heart of flame;
Vows whose glad truth I deem’d so trebly dear To him who breathed them, that had doubt or fear Been raised within my heart, they could not grow—
He whose bright eyes bespoke a soul sincere —
This; this was he who—Vain remembrance now! —
He lives to scorn the past —he lives to break his vow.
O man’s condition is so base as his;
None more accursed than he; for man esteems Him hateful ’cause he seems not what he is; God hates him ’cause he is not what he seems; What grief is absent, or what mischief can Be added to the hate of God and man?
—Francis Quarles.
Ae that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous visor hide deep vice! —Shakespeare.
—Mrs, Norton.
ETTER the truth, Though it bring me ruth, Than a lie as sweet as the dreams of youth. Better to stand In a lonely land, My feet unshod in its desert sand, Than to blindly go Where cool streams flow,
And a serpent coils in the grasses low. —Mary E. Bradley,
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Adonis autumnalis. Narurar Orper: Ranunculacee —Crowfoot Family.
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birth, which, according to ancient mythology, sprung from p=the blood of Adonis, one of the lovers of Venus, who while hunting was killed by a boar. Venus mourned his loss with : =~ many tears. While she was weeping over the spot, a beautiful ys je” “S plant came up covered with flowers like drops of blood. Thus | yy ye have the fables and flowers descended to us through the mists of ages, j laden with the reminiscences of vanished time.
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: Sorrowtul Remembrances,
oe idle tears,—I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather in the eyes,
In looking on the happy autumn fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more.
—Tennyson. HEY bid me raise my heavy eyes, HEN the cold breath of sorrow is sweeping Nor mournful still in tears complain — Over the chords of the youthful heart, They bid me cease these broken sighs, And the earnest eye, dimmed with strange weeping, And with the happy smile again: Sees the visions of fancy depart; They say that many a form of light When the bloom of young feeling is dying, Is gliding round me while I pine, And the heart throbs with passion’s fierce strife, But still I weep—though fair and bright, When our sad days are wasted in sighing, It is not thine. —Mrs, Norton. Who then can find sweetness in life?
—Mrs. Embury.
EMORIES on memories! to my soul again There come such dreams of vanish’d love and bliss That my wrung heart, though long inured to pain,
Sinks with the fullness of its wretchedness. —Phebe Carey.
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Ageratum.
Ageratum flexicanum. Naturar Orver: Composite—Aster Family.
s CARCELY any flower is more in use among florists for group- ing in bouquets than the Ageratum; its small, fringe-like heads filling in so softly around the more unyielding blossoms; toning down all harsh outlines, and harmonizing tints too antagonistic Sjto each other, by its unobtrusive presence. There are only two varieties in color: one a most delicate blue, the other white; and two in height, a dwarf and a tall kind. It produces a fine effect. 4 when grown in masses in the garden, or is well adapted for pot culture, the dwarf having the preference, the blossoms being about
\s7 the same size. It is a native of Mexico and the West Indies.
Politeness,
ER air, her manners, all who saw admired; Courteous, though coy, and gentle though retired; The joy of youth and health her eyes display’d, And ease of heart her every look convey’d.
—Crabbe. HE nymph did like the scene appear, HAT are these wondrous civilizing arts, Serenely pleasant, comely fair; This Roman polish, and this smooth behavior, Soft fell her words as blew the air. That render man thus tractable and tame? —Prior. —Addison.
ASE in your mien, and sweetness in your face, You speak a siren, and you move a grace; Nor time shall “urge these beauties to decay, While virtue gives what years shall steal away. 7 —Tickell, N simple manners all the secret lies: F softest manners, unaffected mind;
Be kind and virtuous, you'll be, blest and wise. Lover of peace, and friend of human kind. —Young. —Pope.
MORAL, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can. ui
—Cowper.
HROUGH all his tuneful art how strong OUL, where thoughts like to white-winged angels, The human feeling gushes! Brood in the hush of this dim, dark eve, The very moonlight of his song Whisper to me thy sweet evangels, Is warm with smiles and blushes. Whisper and sigh, but do not grieve; —F. G. Whittier. Out of the depths of thy charmed chambers UNDERSTOOD not that a grateful mind Raise me a song that shall thrill afar; By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Kindle thy fires, blow bright thine embers, Indebted and discharg’d. —Milton. Gleam on her soul like the gleam of a star. —Barton Grey.
Agrimoany,
Agrimonia parviflora. Narurar OrvEr: Rosacee—Rose Family.
‘GRIMONY, a plant well known to the Greeks and Romans, and by them very highly esteemed for its healing. properties, was at one time thought superior to all others known to science as medicinal. Some authors derive the name from
the Greek “argema, the web or pearl of the eye, a disease : NK of which it was supposed to cure.” Several plants under Yer, this name are found throughout the United States, in the fields and
* woods. The flowers are small and yellow, in long, slender racemes. i The plants vary in height from one to three feet, some of them being
@ quite aromatic.
Shankiuludes.
OR she hath lived with heart and soul alive To all that makes life beautiful and fair; Sweet thoughts, like honey-bees, have made their hive
Of her soft bosom-cell, and cluster there. —Amelia B. Welby.
W.* owe thee much; within this wall of flesh There is a soul counts thee her creditor,.
And with advantage means to pay thy love. —Shakespeare.
HANKS, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, F you have lived, take thankfully the past;
For the lesson thou hast taught. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last. : —Longfellow. —Dryden. :
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Aitlantus.
Ailantus glandulosa. Narurat Orver: Rutacee—Rue Family.
XURIANT in aspect is this Chinese tree, the botanical name of which is derived from its Malay name, az/anto, that is, Tree of Heaven. It grows to a great height, the trunk is usually very straight, and the leaves, a yard or more in length, are composed of smaller leaflets arranged along the central stem, with one at the tip, similar to the leaves of the butternut. They are abundant, and form a plentiful and delightful shade. The tree grows rapidly; the wood is soft and of no utility.
Botty Aspirations,
HE planted seed, consigned to common earth, Disdains to molder with the baser clay, But rises up to meet the light of day, Spreads all its leaves and flowers and tendrils forth, And, bathed and ripened in the genial ray, Pours out its perfume on the wandering gales, Till in that fragrant breath its life exhales; So this immortal germ within my breast Would strive to pierce the dull, dark clod of sense; With aspirations wingéd and intense, Would so stretch upward, in its tireless quest
To meet the Central Soul, its source, its rest. —Charlotte Anne Lynch,
RESTLESS, strong, impetuous will, P from its trammels the freed spirit wings,
Eager to do and dare the worst, Higher to soar;
Emulous ever to be first, Attar immortal a pure essence flings, Attaining, yet aspiring still. —yrate ¥. Hill. Sweet, evermore! —AMary B. Dodge.
ATURE never stands still, nor souls either. They ever go up or go down; And hers has been steadily soaring—but how has it been with your own? She has struggled, and yearned, and aspired — grown purer and wiser each year;
The stars are not farther above you, in yon luminous atmosphere! —9ulia C. R. Dorr.
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Almond,
Ampgdalus pumila. Natura Orver: Rosacee—Rose Family.
Spee * HE Almond is a beautiful little shrub, sending forth its deli- He if cate pink, crape-like blossoms early in the spring, completely ~* covering each branch from base to apex, while the foliage is almost unseen. The ancients had a beautiful custom of wreathing poetic fables with everything, and there is scarcely a flower but what is clothed with some affecting tale of dis- appointed lovers. The Almond tree was said by them to have sprung from the dead body of Phyllis, princess of Thrace, who was watching for her betrothed husband’s return. On the day appointed for his arrival, she watched and waited anxiously, and at last, hopeless and despairing, killed herself upon the shore, and was changed into this shrub.
eapatr, UT dreadful is their doom whom doubt has driven To censure fate, and pious hope forego: Like yonder blasted boughs by lightning riven, Perfection, beauty, life, they never know,
But frown on all that pass, a monument of woe. — Beattie,
ETHINKS we stand on ruin; nature shakes HERE is no light shed on my way, About us; and the universal frame ’s Ev’n hope’s pale beam has fled, So loose, that it but wants another push And those I loved have gone for aye To leap from its hinges. ° —Lee, To the cold realms of the dead. —Marcia Hall.
OW like gall and wormwood to the taste
The cup that we have longed to drain may prove. —Lydia Fane Pierson.
O* my darling, earth is weary, HO sees laid low, Life, without thee, sad and dreary, At a single blow, Ocean’s song a Miserere! The sweetest thing in his life, may know And my sun is burning low, What bitter ruth Fainter yet life’s embers glow, For my heart, in sooth, Tides will ebb that cannot flow. Was born of this naked, terrible truth. d i —Fames Franklin Fitts. —Mary E. Bradley. ii
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Agave Americana. Narurat Orver: Amaryllidacee—Amaryllis Family.
HIS plant is a native of the tropical portions of America, although the same species are found in the burning sands of the Eastern Hemisphere. The leaves are thick and fleshy, tapering to a point, and dentate on the edges. They some- times grow as much as six or eight feet in length, each leaf
coming out one close above the other, with no interval on the stem. The flower-stalk rises from the center of the surrounding leaves to the height of twenty to thirty feet, bearing on the summit a pyramidal panicle of numberless yellow flowers. Formerly it was said to bloom only once in a century. It is now known to bloom from eight years upward, according to the attention given it, and the region where it grows. Another variety, with smaller leaves of almost invisible green, is completely covered with white, bead-like dots, forming a striking contrast to the color on which they rest.
Oriel.
H sorrow! where on earth hast thou not sped Thy fatal arrows! on what lovely head Hast thou not poured, alas! thy bitter phial,
And cast a shadow on the spirit’s dial. —Anna Estelle Lewis.
N tears, the heart oppressed with grief, ALF of the ills we hoard within our hearts,
Gives language to its woes; Are ills because we hoard them. — Proctor, In tears its fullness finds relief,
When -tapture’s, Hide clerdows! UT where the heart of each should beat, Who, then, unclouded bliss would seek There seemed a wound instead of it,
On this terrestrial sphere, From whence the blood dropped to their feet, When e’en delight can only speak, Drop after drop— dropped heavily,
Like sorrow, in a tear? As century follows century
—Metastasio, Into the deep eternity. —Zvicabeth Barrett Browning.
| AM dumb, as solemn sorrow ought to be;
Could my griefs speak, the tale would have no end. . — Otway, 8
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Aloysia,
Alopsia citriodora. Narurat Orver: Verbenacee —Vervain Family.
% ESERVING of all praise is the Aloysia, sometimes called ie Lemon Verbena. It is from Paraguay, and received its
“ name in honor of Queen Mary Louisa, of Spain, the mother Ye of Ferdinand VII. It is cultivated as a greenhouse shrub, for the aromatic odor of its delicate leaves, the least touch of 2 which yields the delightful fragrance of the lemon. Frequently it is NIK placed in the ground in summer, and in a dry cellar in winter. It .* should be trimmed back in the spring before the leaf buds begin to * start, as otherwise it is inclined to a straggling growth. The flowers are small, appearing in spikes. They seldom bloom in this latitude. The young branches are used by florists in bouquets.
Horgiveness,
OME grave their wrongs on marble; he, more just,
Stoop’d down serene, and wrote them in the dust. — Dr. S. Madden.
HILE yet we live, scarce one short hour perhaps,
Between us two let there be peace. —Milton. F there be sa lige easier for the generous to forgive One of you all that ever from my presence Than for offense to ask it, — Thompson.
I have with saddened heart unkindly sent, NEEL not to-me:
The power that I have on you, is to spare you; The malice toward you, to forgive you; live And deal with others better. —Shakespeare.
I here, in meek repentance, of him crave
A brother's hand, in token of forgiveness. —Foanna Baillie,
ORGIVE and forget! why the world would be lonely, The garden a wilderness left to deform, If the flowers but remember’d the chilling winds only,
And the fields gave no verdure for fear of the storm. —Charles Swain.
F ever any malice in your heart HE narrow soul Were hid against me, now forgive me frankly. Knows not the God-like glory of forgiving. i —Shakespeare. —Rowe, = 9 Ss
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Alyssum,
Alpssum maritimum. Narurar Orver: Crucifere— Mustard Family.
Fy MONG the ancients the Alyssums were supposed to possess » some charmed property, which had power to control and = subdue violent and ungovernable paroxysms of temper, and , keep the disposition mild and passive. Its name is derived fd from the Greek a, not, and Jussa, rage. It is a perennial of Al os )YReasy culture, and gladdens the garden from June to October i @: ‘, With its fine leaves, delicate white flowers and sweet perfume. The We Rock (Saxatile) Alyssum is a native of Candia, and has yellow blos- ©)
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(QAID I she was not beautiful? Her eyes upon your sight Broke with the lambent purity of planetary light,
And as intellectual beauty, like a light within a vase,
Touch’d every line with glory of her animated face.
— Willis. ELL me not that he’s a poor man, H, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem, That his dress is coarse and bare; By that sweet ornament which truth doth give! Tell me not his daily pittance The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem Is a workman’s scanty fare; For that sweet odor which doth in it live. Tell me not his birth is humble, Shakespeare.
That his parentage is low; AR better in its place the lowliest bird
Should sing aright to Him the lowliest song, Than that a seraph strayed, should take the word
Is he honest in his actions?
This is all I want to know. —Foseph Comer.
And sing his glory wrong. —Fean Ingelow.
‘hese only merit constant pay receives; Ts blest in what it takes, and what it gives. Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold. —Pope. — Shakespeare.
Ce actions crown themselves with lasting bays;
Who well deserves needs not another’s praise. —Ffeath,
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To put a strange face on its own perfection. —Shakespeare,
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Amaranth.
®omphrena perennis. NATURAL ORDER: Amarantacee — Amaranth Family.
‘,OUTH AMERICA has contributed this variety of the Ama- ranth to the flora of the United States. It is a plant about two feet high, with narrow, tapering leaves, and flowers simi- lar in shape to those of the common red clover. They are y. crimson in color, and equally fadeless and durable as in the annual species. Because of this quality they have been the chosen emblem of immortality from the early days of Homer down 4 to the poets of ‘modern times.
Ammortality,
VOICE within us speaks that startling word — “Man, thou shalt never die!’ Celestial voices Hymn it into our souls; according harps, By angel fingers touch’d, when the mild stars Of morning sang together, sound forth still The song of our great Immortality. —R. H. Dana.
I'T\IS immortality deciphers man, MMORTALITY o’ersweeps
And opens all the mysteries of his make, All pains, all tears, all time, all fears—and peals Without it, half his instincts are a riddle, Like the eternal thunders of the deep Without it, all his virtues are a dream. Into my ears this truth—— Thou liv’st forever! —Young. —Byron.,
RESS onward through each varying hour; Let no weak fears thy course delay; Immortal being! feel thy power, Pursue thy bright and endless way. —Andrews Norton. LL, to re-flourish, fades; HE spirit of man As in a wheel, all sinks, to rediscend, Which God inspired, cannot together perish Emblems of man, who passes, not expires. With this corporeal clod. —Young. —Milton. OLD in the dust this perish’d heart may lie,
\ But that which warm’d it once shall never die. —Campbell.
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®omphrena globosa. NATURAL ORDER: Amarantacee— Amaranth Family.
Amaranth--Globe.
aed 75 HE Globe Amaranth is a tender annual from the flowery vales of India. It is valued chiefly for its heads of bright, round, purple flowers, which, if gathered when freshly blos- somed, will retain their brilliancy for years. The white variety is cultivated for the same purpose, the two forming very pretty bouquets for winter. The seeds are enveloped in a cottony substance, which should be removed before planting, as it hinders the process of germination.
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CHANGE but in dying, and no holier vow From lips mortal e’er came than I breathe to thee now; It comes from a heart with love for thee sighing;
Believe me, ’tis true—I change but in dying. —Fohn S. Adams.
WAS not false to thee, and yet WOULD not leave thee did I know My cheek alone look’d pale! That all the world’s reproach were true— My weary eye was dim and wet, That ’neath some great temptation’s power My strength began to fail; Thy soul had lost its native hue; Thou wert the same; thy looks were gay, ‘Had dyed itself with darkest guilt; Thy step was light and free: Had plunged without remorse in crime: And yet, with truth my heart can say, Not even then would I forsake — I was not false to thee. Thine, and thine only, for all time. —Mrs. Norton. —H. C.
HE mountain rill Seeks with no surer flow, the far, bright sea,
Than my unchang'd affection flows to thee. —Park Benjamin.
HANGELESS as the greenest leaves O! and with all of eloquence thou hast, Of the wreath the cypress weaves — The burning story of my love discover; Hopeless often when most fond— And if the theme should fail, alas! to move her, Without hope or fear beyond Tell her when youth’s gay summer-flowers are past, Its own pale fidelity. Like thee, my love will blossom till the last! —Miss Landon. —Charles F. Hoffman, 12 3
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Amaryllis.
Sprekelia formosissima. NaruraL Orver: Amaryllidacee—Amaryllis Family.
wees UMEROUS varieties of these beautiful tropical bulbs are to Ri be found with florists and seedsmen, the most common o gi being, perhaps, those known as the Atamasco, Belladonna, g and Jacobea lilies, from their superb, lily-like flowers. There
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RIDE, self-adorning pride, was primal cause Of all sin past, all pain, all woe to come.
—Pollock. AKEN, thou fair one! up, Amaryllis! OW poor a thing is pride! when all, as slaves, Morning so still is; Differ but in their fetters, not their graves. Cool is the gale; =Dauiels The rainbow of heaven, HOUGH various foes against the truth combine With its hues seven, Pride, above all, opposes her design;
Pride, of a growth superior to the rest,
The subtlest serpent, with the loftiest crest, Swells at the thought, and kindling into rage, Would hiss the cherub Mercy from the stage. In Neptune’s arms naught shall affray thee; —Cowper. Sleep’s god no longer power has to stay thee, ] *LL go along, no such sight to be shown,
' Over thy eyes and speech to prevail. But to rejoice in splendor of mine own.
Brightness hath given To wood and dale;
Sweet Amaryllis, let me convey thee;
—Carl Michael Bellman, —Shakespeare.
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Thuja occidentalis. Naruray Orver: Contfera — Pine Family.
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4: HIS tree is almost identical with the White Cedar, and is li; frequently mistaken for it. It is very abundant along the rocky shores of lakes, rivers, and swamps of the northern parts of the United States and the Canadian provinces. The trunk is crooked and covered with evergreen foliage from bottom to top, the branches diminishing in length toward the
The wood is very light and soft, yet it is said to be durable.
apex. The classical name is derived from the Greek word thuo, I sacrifice,
GOhing tH Death. O we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet a union in partition,
Two lovely berries molded on one stem;
° ‘So with two seeming bodies, but one heart. —Shakespeare. F life for me hath joy or light, My heart, ev’n ere I saw those eyes, Tis all from thee; Seem’d doom’d to thee; My thoughts by day, my dreams by night, Kept pure till then from other ties, Are but of thee, of only thee; ”T was all for thee, for only thee. Whate’er of hope or peace I know, Like plants that sleep till sunny May My zest in joy, my balm in woe, Calls forth their life, my spirit lay, To those dear eyes of thine I owe; Till touch’d by love’s awak’ning ray, ’Tis all from thee. It lived for thee, it lived for thee. —Moore. CHANGE but in dying! the trials of earth May gather around me and darken my path, But true as the needle, which points to the pole, Will my heart turn to thee—thou beloved of my soul. —T. Drew. HE task befits thee well, UT green above them To gather firmness as the tempests swell Thy branches grow; Around me still, companion, wife and friend, Like a buried love, or a vanish’d joy, ‘ To cling in fond endurance to the end. Link’d unto memories none destroy. it —Victor Hugo. —Miss Fewsbury. i q
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Wlnus Ameruana, Naturar Orver: Ulmacee—Elm Family.
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the body of the tree, where they sway with all the grace of an ostrich plume, catching the slightest motion of the toying breeze, as if the sun and air filled them with an ecstatic joy. The Elm thrives best in moist lands, particularly lowland pastures, where it makes a rapid
2. New England, and the effect has been most picturesque.
Patriotism,
HEAVEN, he cried, my bleeding country save! Is there no hand on high to shield the brave? Yet though destruction sweep those lovely plains,
Rise, fellow-men! our country yet remains! —Campbell. NATCH from the ashes of your sires HE sword may pierce the bearer, The embers of their former fires, Stone walls in time may sever; And he who in the strife expires Tis heart alone, Will add to theirs a name of fear Worth steel and ‘stone,
That tyranny shall quake to hear. That keeps man free forever! —Byron. —Moore.
UDGE me not ungentle, Of manners rude, and insolent of speech, If when the public safety is in question, My zeal flows warm and eager from my tongue. —Rowe. E who maintains his country’s laws
Alone is great; or he who dies in the good cause. —Sir A. Hunt.
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Gilta Americana. Natura Orver: Tiliacee—Linden Family.
i FASSWOOD is the common name for this forest tree in our K Northern States. It grows to a great height, and abounds in =a wholesome mucilaginous juice. Its tender young twigs are often pulled and eaten by school children for this prop- erty. The inner bark is sometimes manufactured into rope. The wood is very soft and white, and is used for the paneling of carriages and in cabinet work, as it is easily wrought.
European Linden, while the East Indians rely upon the native species for their rice bags, fishing nets and lines.
Qalrimany,
EDDED love is founded on esteem, Which the fair merits of the mind engage, For those are charms which never can decay; But time, which gives new whiteness to the swan,
Improves their luster. —Fenion. HOUGH fools spurn Hymen’s gentle powers, AVE I a wish? ’tis all her own; We, who improve his golden hours, All hers and mine are rolled in one— By sweet experience know Our hearts are so entwined, That marriage, rightly understood, That like the ivy round the tree, Gives to the tender and the good, Bound up in closest amity, A paradise below. —Cotton. ‘Tis death to be disjoined. —Lindley Murray.
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In this our age more marriages completes J Than virtue, merit, or the force of love. —Wandesford, ET still the woman take : HAT thou art is mine; An elder than herself; so wears she to him, Our state cannot be sever’d; we are one, So sways she level in her husband’s heart. One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself. ; —Shakespeare. ' —Mijton, : A
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Andromeda hppnoides. Narurar Orver: Lricacee—Heath Family.
haughty wife named Cassiopeia, and a daughter Andromeda. His wife was so vain of her beauty that she contested with Juno for the supremacy. For such temerity, Jupiter issued a decree that her daughter should be bound to a rock on the coast, that she might be devoured by sea-monsters. Perseus,
Bound by Fate.
ET wit her sails, her oars let wisdom lend; The helm let politic experience guide: Yet cease to hope thy short-lived bark shall ride
Down spreading fate’s unnavigable tide. —Prior.
NWILLING I forsook your friendly state,
Commanded by the gods and forced by fate. —Dryden.
THOU who freest me from my doubtful state, Long lost and wilder’d in the maze of fate!
OME taste the lotus, and forget What life it was they lived before;
And some stray on the seas and set Their feet on every happy shore; But I—I linger evermore.
Be present still. —Pope. —Fames Maurice Thompson. ATE steals along with ceaseless tread, And meets us oft when least we dread; Frowns in the storm with threatening brow, Yet in the sunshine strikes the blow. —Cowper. ERE I walk the sands at eve, il ese day too short for my distress; and night, Here in solitude I grieve, Ev’n in the zenith of her dark domain, Break the spells we loved to weave. Is sunshine to the color of my fate. —Fames Franklin. —Young. Cc I ax» 7 = es
Anemone,
Anemone coronarta. NatruraLt OrpER: fanunculacee —Crowfoot Family.
= IND-FLOWER is a frequent appellation of this beautiful
iN » little plant, which comes from the countries bordering ; all. 2on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, known col- Z ; in lectively as the Levant. We find quite a beautiful fable 47’ concerning it in heathen mythology: Anemone was a nymph greatly beloved of Zephyr, and Flora, being jealous of her
beauty, banished her from court, and finally transformed her into the
flower that bears her name; whence it is sometimes taken to express withered hopes. It is also connected with the story (already given) of ° the love of Venus for Adonis, on which account the language has been made “Anticipation,” as she spent one-half the year longing and watch- ing for his return.
Auttipation,
O the fond, doubting heart its hopes appear Too brightly fair, too sweet to realize; All seem but day-dreams of delight too dear; Strange hopes and fears in painful contest rise, While the scarce-trusted bliss seems but to cheat the eyes.
—Mrs, Tighe.
HE looked from out the window From her white and weary forehead
With long and asking gaze, Droopeth the dark hair, From the gold-clear light of morning Heavy with the dews of evening, To the twilight’s purple haze. Heavier with her care; Cold and pale the planets shone, Falling as the shadows fall, Still the girl kept gazing on. Till flung ’round her like a pall.
: —L, E. Landon,
lig: our hearts fair hope lay smiling Sweet as air, and all beguiling; And there hung a mist of bluebells on the slope and down the dell; And we talked of joy and splendor That the years unborn would render, And the blackbirds helped us with the story, for they knew it well. '
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Angelica atropurpurea. Narurar Orver: Umbellifere —Parsley Family.
2 HIS plant is the largest of the species, the stalks attaining the height of from four to six feet. It grows usually in a wild or half-naturalized state, in fields and meadows, possesses strong aromatic properties, and is sometimes used in medicine. The garden Angelica is supposed to be a native of Labrador, and is the plant cultivated and used the same as celery, the blanched stalks adding a good relish when other salads are scarce.
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Quspiration,
SIM HE poets may of inspiration boast, pe Their rage, ill governed, in the clouds is lost;
He that proportioned wonders can disclose,
At once his fancy and his judgment shows;
Chaste moral writing we may learn from hence, Neglect of which no wit can recompense.
The fountain which from Helicon proceeds,
That sacred stream should never water weeds,
Nor make the cup of thorns and thistles grow, Which envy or perverted nature sow. -- Roscommon,
OETS are limners of another kind, YES planet calm, with something in their vision To copy our ideas in the mind; That seemed not of earth’s mortal mixture born; Words are the paint by which their tho’ts are shown, Strange mythic faiths and fantasies Elysian,
And nature is the object to be drawn. And far, sweet dreams of “fairy lands forlorn.” —Granville. —Sarah Helen Whitman,
HE poet’s eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven; And, as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing \ A local habitation and a name. —Shakespeare.
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Apacyunm.
Apocunmn androsemifolimm. Narurar Orver: Apocynacee—Dogbane Family.
times called Dogbane, because, according to Pliny, some of the species were supposed to be fatal to those animals, as is, indeed, the extract of one of the genus, which is obtained from the seeds of the strychnos nux vomica of India. It is «sold under the name of strychnine, and is fatal not only to ., the canine race, but to all animal life. This plant is about three feet is high, with opposite leaves from two to three inches long, rounded at a> the base, and sharp at the point. The flower is small, white, striped
Falsehood.
H! doom’d indeed to worse than death, To teach those sweet lips hourly guile; To breathe through life but falsehood’s breath,
And smile with falsehood’s smile. —Mrs. Osgood.
IRST, I would have thee cherish truth, HE man of pure and simple heart As leading-star in virtue’s train; Through life disdains a double part;
Folly may pass, nor tarnish youth, He never needs the screen of lies
But falsehood leaves a poison-stain. His inward bosom to disguise.
—Eliza Cook. — Gay. Me his carriage, every look ND though I stand Employed whilst it concealed a hook; In a lonely land,
When simple most, most to be feared; Afar from the touch of a tender hand,
Or a mouth to kiss— It is better this
Than to cling to a falsehood and dream it bliss. —Mary E, Bradley.
Most crafty when no craft appeared; His tales no man like him could tell; His words, which melted as they fell,
Might even a hypocrite deceive,
‘And make an infidel believe. N° falsehood shall defile my lips with lies
— Anon. Or with a veil of truth disguise. —sandys.
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Purus malus. Narurat Orpver: Rosacee—Rose Family.
Sc ITH lavish hand have the fruits been bestowed upon southern
\" and tropical climates, both in regard to variety and abund- keyeeeance; but the apple, which is superior to them all, on fy. account of the various ways it may be used, the length of time which it will keep in perfection, and the frequency with which it may be eaten without satiating the appetite, is a particular boon to the dwellers of cold climates, for there it obtains its greatest size and most perfect flavor. The blossom is sweet-scented,
and has a delicate pink flush. An orchard in bloom is a charming sight.
way Preferencg. © MIND the apple blossoms, how thick they were that spring!
Yes, and I’m likely to mind them as long as any thing. Some of the boughs, I remember, were just a sight to see; The buds were as red as roses, all over the top of the tree. I held a branch while she stripped it, till, shaken out of place, A bee from one of the broken flowers came flying into her face. She screamed, and I—I kissed her, just for a cure, you know,
And she blushed till her cheeks were pinker than the pinkest apple blow. —Kate Putnam Osgood.
C let us plant the apple tree: Cleave the tough greensward with the spade; Wide let its hollow bed be made; There gently lay the roots, and there Sift the dark mold with kindly care, And press it o’er them tenderly, As round the sleeping infant’s feet We softly fold the cradle sheet; So plant we the apple tree.
F others be as fair,
What are their charms to me, I neither know nor care, For thou art all to me.
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What plant we in this apple tree? Buds, which the breath of summer days Shall lengthen into leafy sprays; Boughs where the thrush, with crimson breast, Shall haunt, and sing, and hide her nest; We plant, upon the sunny lea, A shadow for the noontide hour, A shelter from the summer shower,
When we plant the apple tree. —Bryant.
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Apricot,
Prunus Armeniaca. Narurat Orper: Rosacee— Rose Family.
=yN the Apricot we have a tree that is thought to have origi- nated in Armenia, but which is also found in the countries adjacent, and as far east as the Celestial Empire and Japan. Its introduction into Europe is said to have been effected by Alexander the Great, since whose time it has been generally ( cultivated there. The tree is medium in size, being from fifteen to twenty feet high. The flowers are white, and make their 4 appearance in April or May, before the putting forth of the leaves. ' Ke The fruit is of a purplish-golden hue, from one to two inches in diameter, and is palatable either to be eaten in its natural state or made into a je preserve or jelly. It is cultivated in some parts of the United States,
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Semptation.
O shun th’ allurement is not hard To minds resolved, forewarn’d and well prepared; But wondrous difficult, when once beset, To struggle through the straits and break th’ involving net. —Dpryden.
PICTURE easeful moments spent I see the flexuous vine-coil drowse, Among broad, shadowy branches, lifting The deep, dark mosses glimmer greenly, Their gloss to some pure firmament And watch between close-tangled boughs Where spheres of palid fleece are drifting; The clear-curved breaker flashing keenly. —Edgar Faweett,
O fort can be so strong, No fleshy breast can armed be so sound,
But will at last be won with battery long,
Or unawares at disadvantage found; Nothing is sure that grows on earthly ground —
And who most trusts in arm of fleshy might, And boasts in beauty’s chain not to be bound,
Doth soonest fall in disadventurous fight,
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Arbutus,
Epigea repens. Naturar Orver: Ericacee —Heath Family,
OT infrequently called Trailing Arbutus, and sometimes May- flower, this plant is found in mountainous and hilly districts ‘in our Northern States and British America. It is a procum-
Ys, two Greek words signifying lying on the’ ground, from the ye 5 habit of the plant. The flowers appear in spring from April , to May. They are white, frequently with a blush of red cast over ®5 them, and are very fragrant. It has been suggested that this plant - be adopted, under the name of Mayflower, as the floral emblem of .® our country, corresponding to the Rose of England, the Fleur-de-lis
> of France, etc.
Simplicity.
KNOW the wildwood haunts where thou abidest, And there, the mossy nooks where most thou hidest,
Arbutus, sweet and shy. —W. C. Richards. RBUTUS graceful trailing, Mayflower! Anew we name thee! Amid brown mosses vailing, A nation now we claim thee — Thy pink-wax clusters hailing, No dastard e’er defame thee, Thy fragrance we adore. Symbol forevermore!
—Emily T. Bennett, WAS not born for courts or great affairs; I pay my debts, believe, and say my prayers.
—Pope. ARLINGS of the forest! Tinged with color faintly, Blossoming alone, Like the morning sky, When earth’s grief is sorest Or, more pale and saintly, For her jewels gone — Wrapped in leaves ye lie— Ere the last snowdrift melts, your tender buds Even as children sleep in faith’s simplicity. have blown. —Rose Terry. A CHARM hast thou no forest flower can boast,” Thou little beaming herald of the spring! How thrilled thy smile when on our rock-bound coast The wearied pilgrims found thee blossoming! —/. \. Fenks. Vi H
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Avethusa bulbosa. Narurar Orver: Orchidacee—Orchis Family.
It derives its name from Arethusa, a nymph of great beauty, a who served in the suit of the goddess Diana. She attracted the attention of the river-god Alpheus, while bathing in his river, the Alpheius of Arcadia. He immediately fell in love with her perfections, and she fled away abashed. To save her from his pursuit, she was changed by Diana into a fountaim
Fear.
HE clouds dispell’d, the sky resum’d her light, And nature stood recover’d of her fright, But fear, the last of ills, remain’d behind,
And horror heavy sat on every mind. —Dryden. RETHUSA arose Her steps paved with green From her couch of snows, The downward ravine In the Acroceraunian mountains,— Which slopes to the western gleams; From cloud and from crag And gliding and springing, With many a jag, She went ever singing Shepherding her bright fountains. In murmurs as soft as sleep; She leapt down the rocks The earth seemed to love her, With her rainbow locks And heaven above her, Streaming among the streams ;— As she lingered toward the deep. —Shelly. H* hand did quake And tremble like a leaf of aspen green, And troubled blood through his pale face was seen, As it a running messenger had been. — Spenser. H* fear was greater than his haste; HOU shalt be punish’d for thus frighting me, For fear, though fleeter than the wind, For I am sick and capable of fears; Believes ’tis always left behind. —Builer. | Oppress'd with wrongs, and therefore full of fears. A ly —Shakespeare, r fa a a ty
Avistolachia,
Asp onie sipho. Narurar Orper: Aristolochiacee—Birthwort Family.
Y Pipe. The Avisitinchis Bonplandi, a fine plant for greenhouse cul- ture, is a native of Patagonia, and, like some two or three others,
thrives best in the warm, moist air of the hothouse.
Prodigality.
OUR wisdom is most liberal, and knows How fond a thing it is for discreet men To purchase with the loss of their estate The name of one poor virtue, liberality, And that, too, only from the mouth of beggars! One of your judgment would not, I am sure,
Buy all the virtues at so dear a rate. —Randolph. UT th’ earth herself, of her owne motion, HAVE spent all the wealth Out of her fruztfull bosome made to growe My ancestors did purchase; made others brave * Most daintie trees, that, shooting up anon, In shape and riches, and myself a knave:
Did seeme to bow their blooming heads full lowe For tho’ my wealth rais’d some to paint their door, For homage unto her, and like a throne did show. ’Tis shut against me, saying I am poor.
— Spenser,
HE feast is such as earth, the general mother, Pours from her fairest bosom, when she smiles
\ In the embrace of antumn. —Shelly. a *)
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of all have the same peculiar structure; the colors are purple or a greenish brown, some of them being beautifully spotted.
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Arnica.
Arnica mollis. Narurat Orver: Composite — Aster Family.
af ROWING in the ravines of the White, Essex and other mountains in the east, and on the Rocky mountains in the west, the Arnica, an Alpine plant, is found. The flowers are yellow, and are borne on stalks from one to two feet high. When dried they form an article of commerce, being ; “ye, used to reduce inflammation in wounds and bruises. A. tinc- ee ture is usually prepared with alcohol, or spirits of some kind; or for
er © temporary use a lotion is made by steeping them in water.
Jie! eq Leak Ohy Grief
HAT, man! ne’er pull your hat upon your brows! Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak, Whispers the o’er-fraught heart, and bids it break.
— Shakespeare. F thou wilt ease thine heart But wilt thou cure thine heart Of love, and all its smart— Of love, and all its smart— Then sleep! dear, sleep! Then die! dear, die! And not a sorrow ’Tis deeper, sweeter, Hang any tear on your eyelashes; Than on a rose bank to lie dreaming Lie still and deep, With folded eye; Sad soul, until the sea-wave washes And then alone, amid the beaming The rim o’ the sun tomorrow, Of love’s stars, thou’lt meet her In eastern sky. In eastern sky.
—Thomas Lovell Beddoes. ALF the ills we hoard within our hearts
Are ills because we hoard them. —pyocior, N sympathy, then, I give thee a hand, HO?’ dark the night, ’tis not forever; And greet thee as thus we go, A day-beam comes, in mercy given— And pledge a renewal in that bright land Before its ray the storm-clouds sever, Where pleasures perennial grow. The wandering soul hath rest in heaven. —Fane E. Locke. —Fames S, Aylward, 26
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Asclepias,
Asclepias cornuti. Naturat Orper: Asclepiadacee— Milkweed Family.
"ROM a hoary antiquity has descended the name Aésculapius, represented as an aged man with a heavy beard, leanjng upon his jointed cane, and his head adorned with a crown of laurel. He was the god of medicine, and by his wisdom and skill improved the art of healing very much. It was also believed of him that, while physician to the Argonauts, he had the power of calling the dead to life again. At last 3 Pluto, the god of the lower world, jealous and provoked, complained that he was losing his subjects, and persuaded Jupiter to kill him, | ‘9 Which he did with a thunderbolt. He was afterward worshiped as a god in many cities of Greece and at Rome, because he had once delivered that city from pestilence. This plant takes its name from him, and is the common inhabitant of our roadsides, known to school children as milkweed.
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HEN crush, e’en in the hour of birth, UIT, quit for shame! this will not move, The infant buds of love, This cannot take her; And tread the growing fire to earth If of herself she will not love,
Ere ’tis dark in clouds above. —Walleck. Nothing can make her. —si John Suckling.
SLIPP’RY state Of human pleasures, fleet and volatile, Given us and snatch’d again in one short moment, To mortify our hopes, and edge our suff’rings.
—Trapp. OVE is a sickness full of woes, PRAY you do not fall in love with me, All remedies refusing; For I am falser than vows made in wine. A plant that most with cutting grows, Besides, I like you not. —Shakespeare.
Most barren with best using. Why so? More we enjoy it, more it dies;
ND let the aspiring youth beware of love, Of the smooth glance beware; for ’tis too late,
TE not enjoyed, it sighing; eries When on his heart the torrent-softness pours.
Heigh-ho! —Samuel Daniel. —Thompson.
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Sraxinus Amertana. Narurat Orver: Oleacee— Olive Family.
Y EAUTIFUL is the ash, one of the most dignified denizens of the forest, rising to a height of from thirty to forty feet with- out branching, and then crowning itself with large, dense and handsome foliage to an extent fully equal to the growth of
ZZ = its stately trunk. It delights in moist locations, as the banks GP SEBS of rivers and marshes, and does not thrive well in barren or
bleak situations. Its timber is elastic, light, tough and durable, ~ and is much used by car-builders, carriage-makers, wheelwrights and ship-builders, as well as in the manufacture of agricultural implements.
Grandeur.
ITH goddess-like demeanor forth she went — Not unattended, for on her as a queen
oO A pomp of winning graces waited still, Y And from about her shot darts of desire Into all eyes to wish her still in sight. —Milton. HAT is grandeur? Not the sheen ARK her majestic fabric! She’s a temple Of silken robes; no, nor the mien Sacred by birth, and built by hands divine; And haughty eye Her soul’s the deity that lodges there; Of old nobility— Nor is the pile unworthy of the god. —Dryden. The foolish that is not, but has been. The noblest trophies of mankind HAT winning graces, what majestic mien! Are the conquests of the mind. She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen. —Sir A. Hunt. —Pope.
WAS born with greatness; I’ve honors, titles, power, here within:
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Asparagus,
Asparagus officinalis, Narurat Orver: Liliacee— Lily Family.
Asparagus as they find it in their markets, tied in bundles of straight stalks without the least appearance of foliage. There the stalks are almost white, as gardeners cut the stems deep i in the soil. Those having their own gardens cut them after Yite ‘they are four or five inches above the ground, when they are 4 ap green, sweet, and quite brittle. The soil should be very rich for its
growth. It is one of the oldest of table plants, having been a favorite “, from the time of the ancient Greeks; and grows about four feet high a” into a large herbaceous bush, with leaves like so many green bristles. ’ A mass at a distance looks as if the fairies had disrobed and left their green illusion garments behind. The flowers are small; the berries, in
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@ mutation, N poet’s lore, and sentimental story, It seems as ’t were this life’s supremest aim For heroes to achieve what men call glory, And die intoxicate with earth’s acclaim. Ah me! how little care the dead for breath Of vain applause that saved them not from death. —Mackellar, ET, press on! AN was mark’d For it shall make you mighty among men; A friend, in his creation, to himself, And, from the eyrie of your eagle thought, And may, with fit ambition, conceive Ye shall look down on monarchs. O, press on! ‘The greatest blessings, and the brightest honors For the high ones and powerful shall come Appointed for him, if he can achieve them To do you reverence; and the beautiful The right and noble way. —Massinver: Will know the purer language of your soul, And read it like a talisman of love. HO never felt the impatient throb, Press on! for it is godlike.to unloose The longing of a heart that pants The spirit and forget yourself in thought. And reaches after distant good. \ —Byron. —Cowper. } 2 a —_ = aa
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Populus tremuloides. Naturat Orver: Salicacee—Willow Family.
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ELEBRATED in ancient lore was Pheton, one of the sons of Pheebus Apollo. Epaphus, a reputed son of Zeus and Io, denied that Phzton was the son of Apollo, whereupon he, acting upon the advice of Clymene, his mother, went to the “palace of the sun to test his paternity.” Phoebus acknowl- edged him as his son, taking oath that anything he should as proof should be granted. Phaeton, probably desiring to excite the envy of Epaphus and to pass in glory before his jealous gaze, asked to drive his father’s chariot of the sun for one day. Apollo, dis- mayed, but mindful of his inviolable oath, granted the request. Pheton ascended with joy, but his steeds ran away, and threatened to set fire
fell into the river Po. His three sisters mourned him incessantly, and were at last changed into poplars by the pity of the gods, and their tears into amber. The Aspen is a species of poplar, whose leaves are attached to the branches by long, slender petioles or leaf-stems, which keep them tremulous with the slightest breeze.
kirtessiug Sensibitity.
HY tremblest thou, Aspen? no storm threatens nigh; Not a cloud mars the peace of the love-beaming sky; Tis the spring of thy being —no autumn is near Thy green boughs to wither, thy sweet leaves to sear! The sun, like a crown, o’er thy young head shines free,
Then wherefore thus troubled? what fear’st thou, fair tree? —Charles Swain,
1 ane ais frail thing — but made OSES bloom, and then they wither; For spring sunshine, or summer shade. Cheeks are bright, then fade and die; A slender flower, unmeet to bear Shapes of light are wafted hither, One April shower —so slight, so fair. Then, like visions, hurry by. —Miss Landon, —Percival, Emer s hearts — touch them but lightly — pour A thousand melodies unheard before! —Rogers.
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Asphadtel,
Asphodelus luteus. Naturar Orver: Liliacee—Lily Family.
ERY fine among the family of lilies is the Asphodel, a gar- le den plant from the island of Sicily. It is very easily culti-
vated, and multiplies rapidly. The stem is nearly three feet Yi high, and adorned with hollow, three-cornered leaves. The Ye b flowers, which are yellow, bloom closely along the stalk, almost = covering its whole length. There is also a white variety, a native % of Europe. The name is from the Greek, and means not to be 3 equaled. They planted it beside the tombs, and fancied that beyond ~ the Acheron the deceased roamed through fields of Asphodel, quafi- ing the waters of Lethe.
Remembered Beyond the Gob.
HE dead! the much-loved dead! Who doth not yearn to know The secret of their dwelling-place, And to what land they go? What heart but asks, with ceaseless tone, For some sure knowledge of cts own?
—Mary E. Lee. HEN the summer moon is shining N my left hand I held a shell, Soft and fair, All rosy-lipped and pearly red; Friends she loved in tears are twining I laid it by his lowly bed, Chaplets there. For he did love so passing well Rest in peace, thou gentle spirit, The grand songs of the solemn sea. : Throned above — Oh! shell, sing well! wild! with a will! Souls like thine with God inherit When storms blow loud and birds be still, Life and love! —¥ames 7. Fields. The wildest sea-song known to thee!
—Foaquin Miller.
ADE! flowers, fade! nature will have it so; ’Tis what we must in our autumn do! And as your leaves lie quiet on the ground, The loss alone by those that lov’d them found, So in the grave shall we as quiet lie,
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Aster corpmbosus. Naturat Orver: Composite —Aster Family.
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signifying a star, as the petals spread out like rays of light lA: CL from the center. There are none of our native plants that e are equal to the Chinese Asters, though the same assiduity ‘* 2 in culture would undoubtedly improve them. On the western prairies
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Cheerlulness in Ol Age.
LIKE all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze; And the gay grandsire, skill’d in gestic lore, Has frisk’d beneath the burden of threescore.
—Goldsmith. H, no! I never will grow old, Wwe grieve that time has brought so soon Though years on years roll by, The sober age of manhood on? And silver o’er my dark brown hair, As idly should I weep at noon And dim my laughing eye, To see the blush of morning gone. —Sara Fane Clarke. —Bryant,
H® look’d in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor and autumnal green.
—Dryden, M* days pass pleasantly away, My foes are impotent and shy, My nights are blest with sweetest sleep, My friends are neither false nor cold; I feel no symptoms of decay, And yet, of late, I often sigh, I have no cause to mourn or weep; I'm growing old! —Yohn G. Saxe.
"THE spring, like youth, fresh blossoms doth produce, | But autumn makes them ripe and fit for use. — sir % Denham.
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Auricnia,
Primula auvicula. Naturar Orver: Primulacee— Primrose Family.
UROPE gave birth to this flower. It is a native of the Alps, N where its fragrant and pure blossoms are one of Nature’s
UU XUTIX “first tributes to spring. It is greatly admired as an ornament
to our gardens, and is said to bloom best when favored with a S24, northern aspect. Its name is derived from two Latin words: we Primula, from primus, first, because it blossoms so early in the spring, and Auricula, from its ear-shaped leaves. The species mostly cultivated are the Cowslip Primrose, a perennial from Great Britain, with yellow flowers; the purple, found on the mountains of Nepaul, Asia; the double-cupped, native of Austria; and the common Primrose of Europe.
Painting.
LL that imagination’s power could trace, Breath’d in the pencil’s imitative grace; O’er all the canvas, form, and soul, and feeling, That wondrous art infus’d with power of life; Portray’d each pulse, each passion’s might revealing;
Sorrow and joy, life, hatred, fear and strife. F —lrom the Spanish,
HEN first from love, in Nature’s bowers, RE yet thy pencil tries her nicer toils, Did Painting learn her fairy skill, Or on thy palette lie the blended oils, And cull the hues of loveliest flowers, Thy careless chalk has half achieved thy art, To picture woman lovelier still. —agoove. And her just image makes Cleora start.
—Tickell.
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—Rowe. Pp fy ; caer ee ers aint, thou best of painters, TIS in life as ’tis in painting: : ; : ; The mistress of my heart. Much may’ ne right, yet much be wanting. —Wm. Hay’s Trans. Anacreon (Greek). —P rr. 2 a A ae 33 Fd Jaws eS
Or youthful poets fancy when they love?
OME! the colors and the ground prepare: Dip in the rainbow, trick her off in air; Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it
Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute. —Pope.
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Aealea,
Azalea Indica. Narurar Orver: Lricacee— Heath Family.
: OST of the few native shrubs of this family are inhabitants % of the Southern States, but the plants chiefly in cultivation Ker are of Asiatic origin, and are almost innumerable in f their varieties. In color of blossom they run through every
to prevent a straggling growth, which can be done with proper pruning. They can be grown from seeds or from slips; the latter, however, produce flowers much sooner than seedlings. Blooming early in spring, they are a great acquisition for Easter decorations, a fine plant frequently being covered from base to apex with its elegant flowers.
Gempoerance,
it lnneoviceeiansa in every place —abroad, at home, Thence will applause, and hence will profit come; And health from either he in time prepares For sickness, age, and their attendant cares. 7 —Crabbe. E who the rules of temperance neglects, From a good cause may produce vile effects.
2 —Tuke. | Paco the bowl! though rich and bright UT down the cup! It is brimmed with blood, Its rubies flash upon the sight, Crushed, throbbing, from hearts like mine! An adder coils its depths beneath, For hope, for peace, and for love’s dear sake, Whose lure is woe whose sting is death. Oh! pledge me not with wine! — Street. —Foxte E. Hunt.
ince to thy rules, O temperance! that we owe All pleasures which from health and strength can flow; Vigor of body, purity of mind, Unclouded reason, sentiments refined, Unmixed, untainted joys, without remorse —
Th’ intemperate sinner’s never-failing curse. —Mary Chandler,
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Baccharis halimifolia. Narurar Orver: Composite—Aster Family.
> HIS shrub is from six to twelve feet high, and grows usually in alluvial soil, which is washed up from the bed of the sea or rivers and deposited on the shore. A white dust covers the leaves and branches, and the flower heads that bear the seeds are furnished with long, slender hairs. The flowers are white, with a tint of purple, and appear during the fall
months.
It has sufficient beauty to recommend it for cultivation. The name of this shrub is derived from Bacchus, the deity of wine and reveling, because its fragrance savors of wine. It is sometimes called Groundsel Tree, from its resemblance to the weedy plant of that name.
Antorreation,
. "R N what thou eat'st and drinkest seek from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight; So thou may’st live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother’s lap, or be with ease
Gather'd, not harshly pluck’d, for death mature. — Milton.
INE is like anger; for it makes us strong, H thou invisible spirit of wine, Blind and impatient, and it leads us wrong; If thou hast no name to be known by, let The strength is quickly lost, we feel the error long. Us call thee devil. —Shakespeare, 3 —Crabbe.
HALL I, to please another wine-sprung mind, HE joy which wine can give, like smoky fires,
Obscures their sight, whose fancy it inspires.
Lose all mine own? = Herbert. George Herbert. _ Hill.
OULD every drunkard, ere he sits to dine, Feel in his head the dizzy fumes of wine, No more would Bacchus chain the willing soul, But loathing horror shun the poison’d bowl. —Merivale, HOU sparkling bowl! thou sparkling bowl! And song and dance thy power confess, Though lips of bards thy brim may press, I will not touch thee! for there clings And eyes of beauty o’er thee roll, A scorpion to thy side, that stings. —Fohn Pierpont.
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Centauria cnanugs. Narurar Orver: Composite —Aster Family.
Chiron, the fabled son of Saturn, who was cured by an \), application of it after having been wounded in the knee by a poisoned arrow from the bow of Hercules. Another myth- ‘ological narrative says that Chiron’s wound was incurable; but that, having been born of immortal parents, he could not die, and was consequently placed by the gods in the firmament as a constellation, being called Sagittarius. The plant is a hardy annual, and grows about two feet high. The blossoms vary much in color,
appearing singly on the ends of the branches.
Single Blesssduess.
E meets the smile of young and old, he wins the praise of all, He is feasted at the banquet, and distinguished at the ball; When town grows dull and sultry, he may fly to green retreats, A welcome visitor in turn at twenty country seats; He need not seek society, for, do whate’er he can, Invitations and attentions will pursue the single man.
BACHELOR May thrive, by observation, on a little;
WIFE! Oh, fetters To man’s bless’d liberty! All this world’s prison,
A single life’s no burthen; but to draw In yokes is chargeable, and will require A double maintenance. —Fohn Ford. F I am fair, ’tis for myself alone; I do not wish to have a sweetheart near me, Nor would I call another's heart my own,
Nor have a gallant lover to revere me:
HE ills of love, not those of fate, I fear;
—Dryden.
These I can brave, but those I cannot bear.
Heav’n the high wall about it, sin the goaler; But th’ iron shackles weighing down our heels Are only women. —Decksp: For surely I would plight my faith to none, — [me;
Though many an amorous cit might jump to hear For I have heard that lovers prove deceivers,
When once they find that maidens are believers. —From Michael Angelo,
OVE is not in our power —
Nay, what seems strange, is not in our choice. — Frowde,
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Moluceella levis. Narurar Orver: Labiate — Mint Family.
BE OLUCCA BALM, or Shell Flower, is a native of the EX Molucca or Spice Islands, where it mingles with the odor- Xo: iferous flowers of the clove, the citron and the lime. i The stem is from one to two feet high, smooth, and of a
EZ. sea-green color.
3 It is an annual, often grown in the flower- ‘i garden as a curiosity, for its singular manner of infloresence. The calyx or floral sheath is large and bell-shaped, which suggests the appearance of a hollow shell, while dcwvn in the bottom sits the flower itself, out of sight, the color being a yellowish-green. The blooming time is from May to August.
You Becite my Curiosity.
H strange it is, and wide the new-world lore, For next it treateth of our native dust! Must dig out buried monsters, and explore The green earth’s fruitful crust;
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Count seasons on her trees;
ETSY! art thou Eve’s true daughter? Betsy! hast a peering eye?
Wouldst thou read as clear as water
All the honeyed terms that lie
Within that letter’s fragile folds?
Spell every word that letter holds,
And know when thy young master Harry
Or Lady Jane intends to marry?
With all the fruits of Eden blest, Save only one, rather than leave That one unknown, lost all the rest.
Must know her weight, and pry into her age, Count her old beach-lines by their tidal swell: Her sunken mountains name, her craters gauge,
Her cold volcanoes tell. —ean Ingelow.
What! not yet in the secret, Betsy? That’s very puzzling—very! Let’s see— The letter’s not from Lady Jane,
No, no! you need not peep again.
A lady’s hand—the envelope Perfumed — the seal expresses “ Hope.” The waiter waits —no longer tarry!
Go, give the letter to Lord Harry!
—Anonymous, Eve,
—Moore.
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BHalm--Sweet,
Melissa officinalis, Narurav Orver: Labiate— Mint Family.
»E here find naturalized a very common and well-known » garden plant, introduced from Europe, and cultivated for lle» its virtues. The stem is erect and branching, growing ~ about two feet high, the whole plant being covered with YF a soft down, and emitting, when touched with the hand, the delightful fragrance of the lemon. The flowers are a sallow white, appearing during midsummer. Melissa is from the Greek
suck at the nectaries of the blossoms. Old apiarists like to rub the inside of the hives with its aromatic leaves, as an inducement for the
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WEET-POUTING lips whose color mocks the rose, Rich, ripe, and teeming with the dew of bliss — The flower of love’s forbidden fruit which grows
Insiduously, to tempt us with a kiss. —R. H. Wilde’s Tasso Sonnets,
ER eyes outshine the radiant beams Her lips are more than cherries bright, That gild the passing shower, A richer dye has grac’d them; And glitter o’er the crystal streams, They charm the admiring gazer's sight, And cheer each fresh’ning hour. And sweetly tempt to kiss them. —Burns. HOUGII gay as mirth, as curious thought sedate; ER tresses loose behind,
As elegance polite, as power elate; Play on her neck, and wanton in the wind; Profound as reason, and as justice clear; The rising blushes which her cheeks o’erspread, Soft as compassion, yet as truth severe. Are opening roses in a lily’s bed. —Gay.
—Savage. HERE was a soft and pensive grace, The eyelash dark, and downcast eye; A cast of thought upon her face, The mild expression spoke a mind
That suited well her forehead high, In duty firm, composed, resigned.
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that improve under cultivation. In medicine it possesses stimulat- ing and carminitive properties. An infusion of the leaves is known as Oswego tea; and the flowers yield the coloring principle of cochineal.
Osi, 3 Value Your Sympathy.
HOU’RT like a star; for when my way was cheerless and forlorn, And all was blackness like the sky before a coming storm, Thy beaming smile and words of love, thy heart of kindness free, Illumed my path, then cheered my soul, and bade its sorrows flee.
AST thou no human friend E pine for kindred natures To whom in hours like these to turn, To mingle with our own; When thine o’erburdened soul will yearn For communings more full and high Its bitterness to end? —AMiss MH. Rand. Than aught by mortals known.
—Mrs, Hemans,
ND when the world looked cold on him, And blight hung on his name, She soothed his cares with woman's love, And bade him rise again. seen
oc hearts, my love, were form’d to be OVE’S soft sympathy imparts The genuine twins of sympathy, That tender transport of delight They live with one sensation; That beats in undivided hearts.
—Cartwright, In joy or grief, but most in love, INDNESS by secret sympathy is tied,
Like chords in unison they move, For noble souls in nature are allied. }
And thrill with like vibration. —Moore. -—Dryden.
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Balm ot Gilead,
Populus candicangs. Natura Orver: Salicacee— Willow Family.
TILITY and agreeableness are combined in this handsome treé, and it is often used, interspersed with others, to break the monotony in foliage groups, and yield a grateful shade, for which it is well adapted. The height averages from forty to fifty feet, the thickness being in good proportion, with an ® ample crown of dark green leaves. The buds are resinous, and possess strong tonic and other medicinal properties, whence they are frequently used as a domestic medicine. Populus balsamifera is a similar variety, found wild in swamps and other moist places, and is called Tacamahac or Balsam Poplar, as it yields a resinous gum from the buds in the same manner as the Balm of Gilead.
Sympathetig Heeling.
O radiant pearl which crested fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from beauty’s ears, Not the bright stars which night’s blue arch adorn, Nor rising sun that gilds the vernal morn, Shines with such luster as the tear that flows
Down virtue’s manly cheek for others’ woes. —Dr, E. Darwin.
A’ when he read, they forward lean’d, ET a single cup of water, Drinking with thirsty hearts and ears Or a crust to feed the starving,
His brook-like songs, whose glory never wean’d E’en one word in kindness spoken, From humble smiles and tears. Or a hand stretched to the falling
Slowly there grew a tenderer awe, Shall receive as great reward as Sun-like, o’er faces brown and hard, As if in him who read they felt and saw Saint or martyr at the scaffold.
Some presence of the bard. —Fames R, Lowell. —Lena I, Gifford.
Ever hero gained in battle,
ie is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart, and mind to mind,
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Impatiens balsamina. Narurar Orper: Balsaminacee —Fewel-Weed Family.
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a product of our gardens. It is a native of the East Indies, and is worthy of notice. Within the last few years the a , double varieties have been grown as pot-plants, in which state they require very rich soil, and to have the tip of “the main branch pinched off, when it will throw out side branches and form larger plants. They appear in every variety of color, and the fancy ones are streaked or mottled, many of them being nearly as double as the blossoms of that beautiful shrub the camelia japonica. The seed-pods burst when slightly pressed, from which circumstance they receive their Latin name, Jmpatiens, nol’ me tangere (impatient, touch me not).
Ampatience,
HAT! canst thou not forbear.me half an hour? Then get thee gone, and dig my grave thyself, And bid the merry bells ring to thine ear That thou art crown’d—not that I am dead.
— Shakespeare. WRETCHED soul, bruised with adversity, REACH patience to the sea, when jarring winds We bid be quiet, when we hear it cry; Throw up her swelling billows to the sky! But were we burdened with like weight of pain, And if your reasons mitigate her fury, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain. My soul will be as calm. — Smith. — Shakespeare. O, then, my song, speed swiftly to her; Out of the depths of the soul comes sorrow; Sing to her, plead with her late and long; But, out of the depths of these days that cease, Hover around her, and gently woo her; May come, like light ‘round the feet of the morrow, Perhaps she will hear thee some day, O Song! _—Love’s soft glory, our love’s calm peace.
- Barton Grey. H! how impatience gains upon the soul, When the long-promised hour of joy draws near! \ How slow the tardy moments seem to roll! —Mrs, Tighe. /
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Mientzelia Lindlevi. Naturar Orver: Loasacee—Loasa Family.
California, with an oval, lance-shaped leaf, indented similar to the thistle; the stems are procumbent and often a yard in length. The flowers, which much resemble a poppy, are of a most brilliant yellow, deepening toward the center into
the true orange shade, and measuring from two to three inches in diameter. Within the center the numerous thread-like stamens spread themselves out over the petals, like a delicate fringe. The seeds should be sown where the plants are to grow, as they are transplanted with difficulty.
Does He Possess Riches?
AD I but pearls of price—did golden pills Of hoarded wealth swell in my treasury, Easy I’d win the fawning flatterer’s smile
And bend the sturdiest stoic’s iron knee. —A, A. Locke.
HINK’ST thou the man whose mansions hold KNEW I the spell of gold,
The worldling’s pride, the miser's gold, I would never poison a fresh young heart Obtains a richer prize With the taint of customs old;
Than he who in his cot, at rest, I would bind no wreath to my forehead free,
Finds heavenly peace a willing guest, In whose shadows a thought might die,
And bears the earnest in his breast Nor drink, from the cup of revelry,
Of treasure in the skies? —yyys, Sigourney. The ruin my gold would buy. — Willis,
MIGHTY pain to love it is, And '’tis a pain that pain to miss;
ADAM, I own ’tis not your person
My stomach’s set so sharp and fierce on; But, of all pains, the greatest pain But ’tis your better part, your riches, It is to love but love in vain. That my enamor’d. heart bewitches! Virtue now, nor noble blood, ~ Butler.
Nor wit ar oil; by love 38 sunMerstaads MASK of gold hides all deformities;
Gold is heaven's physic, life’s restorative. —Decker,
Gold alone does passion move; Gold monopolizes love —Cowley.
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WEET BASIL, or Royal Ocimum, is a very aromatic herb from Persia, where it is much planted in graveyards. It is also indigenous to the East Indies, where its seeds are considered an antidote to the poison of serpents. It is an annual, about a foot Sy, high, with a soft, oval leaf, various in color, which possesses a
Vee very agreeable fragrance. The flowers, which are nearly white, appear during the summer. French cooks are very partial to this herb in flavoring their various dishes, and for this purpose it is extensively grown in the vegetable gardens of Europe, as well as in America. Apparently from confounding the word with basiliscus, a basilisk, or possibly because of its use as an antidote, whence it may have come to represent a serpent hater, it has been taken as 2 symbol for hatred, but the following is the proper language.
Good Wishes.
OFT be the sleep of their pleasant hours,
And calm be the seas they roam! May the way they travel be strewed with flowers,
Till it bring them safely home! —Oliver Twiss. O wish thee fairer is no need, O may’st thou live, dear! many years, More prudent, or more sprightly, In all the bliss that life endears, Or more ingenious, or more freed Not without smiles, nor yet from tears, From temper flaws unsightly. Too strictly kept. —Thomas Hood, What favor then not yet possess’d Can I for thee require, F, then, a fervent wish for thee In wedded love already blest The gracious heavens will heed from me, To thy whole heart's desire? — Comper. What should, dear heart, its burden be?
—F. G. Whittier.
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Haybhervry,
Morica cevifera. Narurar Orper: Myricacee— Sweet Gale Family.
AYBERRY, a useful shrub, varying in height from two to eight feet, and flowering in April or May, is found in dry forests from Nova Scotia to Florida. It has a grayish bark and branching top, and its fruit consists of a globular stone, covered with white wax, which is separated by heat, usually boiling water. This product constitutes the Bayberry tallow of commerce, sometimes called myrtle wax. A bushel of berries yields about four pounds of wax. The botanical name comes from the
I: ig Greek muro, to flow, because the stamens contract on the slightest touch,
and are thence conceived to be easily irritated, even to tears.
& Respect thy Gears.
E temperate in grief! I would not hide The starting tear-drop with a stoic’s pride, I would not bid the o’erburthen’d heart be still, And outrage nature with contempt of ill. Weep! but not loudly! He whose stony eyes Ne’er melt in tears, is hated in the skies.
— Euphorion. HE rose is fairest when ’tis budding new, WO other precious drops that ready stood, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears; Each in their crystal sluice, he, ere they fell,
The rose is sweetest wash’d with morning dew, Kiss’d, as the gracious signs of sweet remorse And love is loveliest when embalmed in tears. And pious awe, that fear’d to have offended.
— Scott. — Milton. ET me wipe off this honorable dew Cs chase that starting tear away, That silverly doth progress on my cheeks, Ere mine to meet it springs. — afore. — Shakespeare.
ITH a shriek heart-wounding loud she cried, Fine not thy tears! weep boldly, and be proud While down her cheeks the gushing torrents ran, To give the flowing virtue manly way:
f Fast falling on her hands. —Rowe, Tis nature’s mark, to know an honest heart. ii -- Hill.
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Heech,
Sagus sylvatica. Narurar Orver: Cupulifere—Oak Family.
» been the tributes paid to this noble tree. on dant in the forests of the Eastern States, and not unfrequently a found throughout all sections of the United States, as well as 02 in Europe. It grows straight and tall, rising sometimes to Wicsaes FE tne height of one hundred feet on the banks of the Ohio, i tsi with a trunk nine feet in circumference. It has a gray, unbroken bark
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and long, sweeping branches, but not so pendulous as those of the elm, and is scarcely equaled by any other tree in the shade it affords. Be Cattle are fond of its leaves in spring, when they are very tender, with a slight acid flavor. The nuts are partially triangular, and, though troublesome to eat, are sweet and nutritious. A valuable oil, but little ost inferior, it is said, to the olive, can be extracted from them.
Jiovers’ Gryst.
KNOW a walk where beeches grow — Where feathered songsters fill the air With music sweet, and flowers blow Blooming and fair. And there I’ve oft with pleasure wooed The muses nine in solitude. — Fred, W. Webber.
IX: nay, at six in any case © HE starts, for she doth hear He could not come! ’tis evening chime, My loving footstep near;
And if I reach the trysting place She turns to bid me stay,
Whole hours before the trysting time, With cheeks that burn for joy, Tis not with any hope to see ~ With looks half kind, half coy —
Unseemly soon my love appear; This is her heart’s sweet way! He is no idle maid like me; So am I nothing loath,
He has high things to do and bear. But answer oath for oath, And not for worlds would I that he And linger lovingly
For love should weakly eager be. In silken chains—ma mie/
—Mrs, Eliza S/ Randolph. — Edward Renaud,
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Degonia Mscolor. Narurat Orper: Begoniacee— Begonia Family.
0 EGONIAS were so named by the French Botanist, Plumier, in honor of Michael Begon, a governor of Santo Domingo, and a patron of science. They are natives of Jamaica, Brazil, } the East and West Indies, and other tropical countries. The
SIVA Ele large-leaved varieties have been vulgarly called Elephant’s Wea Ears, which they may perhaps resemble ia shape, but the Elps 2 exquisite beauty of their coloring eliminates from the mind every
“ugly and unpleasant synonym. Some of them are a dark green with a band of silver, or groupings of silver blotches; or again entirely bronze, according to the individual plant. This species is grown chiefly for its foliage; the flowers are mostly white or faintly tinted, blooming on short stems. There are several kinds, however, with small waxy leaves that make a splendid appearance when in bloom, being hand- Whe some in color and of fine texture. The stems of the large foliage variety are very much distorted.
Vv + Detormity.
HE did corrupt frail nature with some bribe EFORMITY is daring;
To shrink mine arm up like 4 wither’d shrub, It is its essence to o’ertake mankind To make an envious mountain on my back, By heart and soul, and make itself the equal — Where sits deformity to make my body; Ay, the superior of the rest. There is To shape my legs of an unequal size; A spur in its halt movements, to become To disproportion me in every part All that others cannot, in such things Like to a chaos. —Shakespeare. As are still free for both. -- Byron.
M I to blame if nature threw my body And as from chaos, huddled and detorm’d, 4% In so perverse a mold? yet when she cast The gods struck fire, and lighted up the lamps Her envious hand upon my supple joints, That beautify the sky; so she intorm’d Unable to resist, and rumpled them This ill-shap’d body with a daring soul, On heaps in their dark lodging; to revenge And, making me less than man, she made me more. Her bungled work, she stamped my mind more fair, — hee. (
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Campanula rotundifolia. Narurat Orver: Campanulacee—Bellwort Family.
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~ accordingly found in great abundance in the New England States and the Dominion of Canada. The family of the Campanulas is quite extensive, numbering about five hundred species. The flowers, though simple, are various in colors, and are worthy of attention. In this species they are blue, which is the pre- vailing tint, though others run through different shades of purple, from violet to lilac, and white. The Campanula pyramidalis is the hand- somest and most stately, growing from three to five feet, blooming the second year from the seed, and producing blossoms by the hundred
A Gaustant Heart.
HEN come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow, We will stand by each other however it blow. Oppression and sickness, and sorrow, and pain, Shall be to our true love as links to the chain.
— Longfellow. O keep one sacred flame With such refined excess, Through life unchilled, unmoved, That tho’ the heart would break with more, To love in wintry age It could not live with less: The same that first in youth we lov’d, This is love — faithful love; To ieel that we adore Such as saints might feel above. mie
HEN all things have their trial, you shall find
Nothing is constant but a virtuous mind. — shirtey.
OVE, constant love! OULD genius sink in dull decay,
~ Age cannot quench it —like the primal ray And wisdom cease to lend her ray: From the vast fountain that supplies the day, Should all that I have worshiped change,
Far, far above Even this could not my heart estrange; Our cloud-encircled region, it will flow Thou still wouldst be the first—the first .\s pure and as eternal in its glow. That taught the love sad tears have nursed. — Park Benjamin. — Mrs. Embury. ‘i
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Hevbervy,
Berberis vulgaris. Narurar Orver: Berberidacee—Berberry Family.
shrub is very generally known. The leaves are a dark green, with serrated edges, each notch being bristly. The flowers are yellow, hanging in small clusters. The fruit is brilliant and attractive, of a bright scarlet in color, oblong in shape,
ee. than anything else. The leaves, as well as fruit, have a sharp acid »@) taste, the latter being frequently used for making jelly, while from the
A Sour Disposition,
HOSE hearts that start at once into a blaze, And open all their rage, like summer storms
At once discharged, grow cool again and calm. —C. Fohnson.
IE! wrangling queen! HE ocean lash’d to fury loud, Whom everything becomes — to chide, to laugh, Its high wave mingling with the cloud, To weep. Whose every passion fully strives Is peaceful, sweet serenity, To make itself in thee, fair and admired. To anger’s dark and stormy sea. —Shakespeare. —I. W. Eastburn.
HEN anger rushes, unrestrain’d, to action, Like a hot steed, it stumbles in its way: The man of thought strikes deepest, and strikes safest.
—Savage. Y rage is not malicious; like a spark LL furious as a favor'd child Of fire by steel enforc’d out of flint, Balk’d of its wish; or, fiercer still, It is no sooner kindled, but extinct. A woman piqued, who has her will. —Goffe. —Byron.
HE is peevish, sullen, froward, Proud, disobedient, stubborn, lacking duty; Neither regarding that she is my child,
Nor fearing me as if I were her father. — Shakespeare.
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Petula lenta. Narurar Orver: Betulacee —Birch Family.
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tree in springtime, when it has an aromatic fragrance and 7 Pleasant flavor. It is from the Paper Birch that the Indians obtain the bark for their light and buoyant canoes, in which they glide in safety through the most dangerous waters. The Yellow or Silver Birch is the artist’s tree par excellence. Its beautiful outer bark, like satin in luster, peels from around the trunk and branches, and hangs ae in the most fantastic rolls and curls, resting on an undertone of warm and tender brown, making it one of the choicest and most illuminat-
ing trees in a woodland sketch, and one that always delights a painter’s heart.
Bileqancg.
OR faultless was her form as beauty’s queen, And every winning grace that love demands, With mild attemper’d dignity was seen
Play o’er each lovely limb, and deck her angel mien.
—Mrs. Tighe. ER face so fair, as flesh it seeméd not, HE silk star-broidered coverlid But heavenly portrait of bright angels’ hue, Unto her limbs itself doth mold, Clear as the sky, withouten blame or blot, Languidly ever; and, amid Through goodly mixture of complexion’s dew. Her full black ringlets, downward rolled,
— Spenser. Glows forth each softly-shadowed arm,
With bracelets of the diamond bright.
RACEFUL to sight, and elegant to thought, ; Her constant beauty doth inform
The great are vanquish’d, and the wise are taught. : : Gea , Feat Stillness with love, and day with light.
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Dlackh Hoarhound.
Ballota nigra. Natura Orver: Labiate— Mint Family.
He ERE is an unattractive foreign plant supposed to have been introduced into this country through the commerce of the nations, as many of our now obnoxious weeds have found their way, concealed in various grains imported for seed. ay It is now frequently found naturalized in the fields and by . the waysides. The stem is from two to three feet high, : Ie? having broad, opposite leaves covered with a soft down. It derives oe t}Yyo its name from the Greek word allo, to throw, or reject, on account St @ of its offensive odor. It blooms in July, the flowers being either G9 purple or white, and of little beauty.
4G Reject You.
s AKE my esteem, if you on that can live; But frankly, sir, ’tis all I have to give.
-—Dryden. E came too late! Her countless dreams HERE is another sweet as my sweet, Of hope had long since flown. Fine of the fine, and shy of the shy? No. charms dwelt in his chosen themes, Fine little hands, fine little feet — Nor in his whisper’d tone; Dewy blue eye. And when with word and smile he tried Shall I write to her? shall I go? Affection still to prove, Ask her to marry me by-and-by? She nerved her heart with woman’s pride, « Somebody said that she’d say no. And spurn’d his fickle love. —Z£yizabeth Bogart. = LM SON: |* you oblige me suddenly to choose, My choice is made—and I must you refuse. —Dryden. losers a lovely tree HAVE heard — She grew to womanhood, and between whiles But you shall promise ne’er again Rejected several suitors. — Byron, To breathe your vows or speak -your pain. —Prior,
O I not in plainest truth
Tell you—I do not, nor I cannot love you?
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Staphplea trifolia. Narurat Orver: Sapindacee —Soapberry Family,
yy of the United States, are the bladder-like capsules or pods, 41 from which it derives its name, and in which are contained the i’ seeds or nuts. These are hard, bony, smooth and polished. The flowers, which bloom in May, are white and hang in “short, pendulous clusters, somewhat like bunches of grapes, whence the scientific Greek name, Staphylea. It grows to the height of six, eight, or even ten feet, chiefly in low lands, in moist woods, amongst the underbrush. The wood is firm and white, and well adapted for cabinet work.
ZA Orifling Character.
2 H! there are some Can trifle, in cold vanity, with all The warm soul’s precious throbs; to whom it is A triumph} that a fond, devoted heart Is breaking for them; who can bear to call
Young flowers into beauty, and then crush them. —Letitia E, Landon.
ROUND him some mysterious circle thrown OU oftentimes can mark upon the street Repell’d approach and show’d him still alone; The gilded toy whom fashion idolizes; 7 Upon his eye sat something of reproof, Heartless and fickle, swelled with self-conceit, That kept at least frivolity aloof. --Byron. Avoiding alway what good sense advises. =. E was perfumed like a milliner; HE joy that yain amusement gives, And twixt his finger and his thumb he held O, sad conclusions that it brings, A pouncet-box, which, ever and anon The honey of a crowded hive, He gave his nose — Defended by a thousand stings. And still he smiled and talked; ’Tis thus the world rewards the fools And as the soldiers bare dead bodies by, That live upon her treacherous smiles, He called them “ untaught knaves unmannerly, She leads them blindfold by her rules, To bring a slovenly, unhandsome corse And ruins all whom she beguiles. Betwixt the wind and his nobility.” —sratespeare. — Cowper.
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Hovage,
Borago officinalis, Narurar Orver: Boraginacee—Borage Family.
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own this plant in a naturalized state, though it is generally : =" believed to have been originally indigenous to the region of Aleppo, in Turkey. It is cultivated in the kitchen garden for its young leaves, which are considered excellent for salads, pickles and pot-herbs. It is an annual, about two feet high, with oval leaves growing alternately on each side of the stem, the whole plant being rough and covered with hairs. It is also grown as an ornamental plant in the flower garden. The flowers are a pale blue, appearing in spring on the ends of the branches. The plants of this whole family abound in mucilaginous juices containing much niter, and are said never to possess any poisonous or harmful quality.
Abruptness.
HE reed in storms may bow and quiver, UDDENLY all the sky is hid Then rise again; the tree must shiver. As with the shutting of a lid. —Byron, —Fames Russel Lowell. I do not love Although Much ceremony; suits in love should not, The air of Paradise did fan the house, Like suits in law, be rock’d from term to term. And angels offic’d all, I will begone. — Shirley. -- Shakespeare.
HIS is some fellow,
Who, having been prais’d for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness, and constrains the garb; Quite from his nature! he can’t flatter, he, An honest mind and plain—he must speak truth: And they will take it so; if not, he s plain. These kind of knaves I know, which in this plainness Harbor more craft, and far corrupter ends, Than twenty silly ducking observants,
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high, of a succulent, herbaceous growth, and ‘nearly allied to the bunch pinks, though much coarser. The flowers My bloom in clusters, and are the palest possible shade faltering between j wks pink and white. The root is perennial, and inclined to spread and ACF become obtrusive. As one means of curtailing its obtrusiveness, its ees. seeds, which are very fertile and abundant, should be clipped and de- ie stroyed before they ripen. The bruised stalks make a lather in water, Pe which quality gives it the name of Soapwort in our vernacular, as well
+4 .as its scientific appellation Saponaria, from the Latin sapo, soap.
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Antrision. SUDDEN rush from the stairway, They climb up into my turret, A sudden raid from the hall, Over the arms and back of my chair; By three doors left unguarded, If I try to escape, they surround me; They enter my castle wall. They seem to be everywhere. —Longfellow, had much rather see A crested dragon, or a basilisk; Both are less poison to my eyes and nature. —Dryden. UT the sound grew into word OVE knoweth every form of air, As the speakers drew more near — And every shape of earth, Sweet, forgive me that I heard And comes unbidden everywhere, ‘What you wished me not to hear. Like thought’s mysterious birth. Elizabeth Barrett Browning. —N, P. Willis.
LADY! In the narrow space Between the husband and the wife, But nearest him.—she showed a face
With dangers rife. —Fean Ingelow,
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Duxus sempervirens. Narurar Orver: Euphorbiacee— Spurge Family.
ays NGRAVERS on wood are much indebted to this tree for the blocks they use to work on, which, after having been sawed ="and made perfectly smooth, receive a slight coating of some white substance, usually white lead or Chinese white, to render the drawing more conspicuous. The artist’s work is done in pencil or India ink. The engraver then follows with delicate touch the lines before him, and cuts the picture into the wood beneath. The botanical name of this shrub comes from the Latin. The word Buxus, box, is itself derived from the Greek pu«os, pyx, or small box, and sempervirens is from the two Latin words semper, always, and vzrens, present participle of the verb were, to be green. There are several varieties of this genus which are natives of Europe. The species known scientifically as the Buxus Nana, or Dwarf Box, is much used as a bordering for walks both here and abroad.
Stoitism. N his dark face a scorching clime The full-drawn lip that upward curl’d, And toil, had done the work of time, The eye that seem’d to scorn the world. Roughen’d the brow, the temples bared, That lip had terror never blench’d; And sable hairs with silver shared, Ne’er in that eye had tear-drop quench’d Yet left—-what age alone could tame— The flash severe of swarthy glow, The lip of pride, the eye of flame; That mock’d at pain and knew not woe.
—Sir Walter Scott.
OR box, nor limes, without their use are made,
‘a Smooth-grain’d and proper for the turner’s trade; Which curious hands may carve, and seal With ease invade. — Virgil. HE rolling wheel, that runneth often ’round, Yet cannot I, with many a dropping tear, The hardest steel in tract of time doth tear; And long entreaty, soften her hard heart, And drizzling drops, that often do redound, That she will once vouchsafe my plaint to hear Firmest flint doth in continuance wear: Or look with pity on my painful smart. i — Spenser, eB
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Q } . 4 . . OAS [So= a green when combined with woad. The color is obtained from op Zc any part of the plant. 4 ISS 6 CY a} Woe SA ae 2 + . Humility. UMBLE we must be, if to Heaven we go; High is the roof there, but the gate is low; Whene’er thou speak’st, look with lowly eye ~ Grace is increased by humility, —Robert Herrick. HE cedar’s shade like a cloud may lie Appear to press the lowly, Athwart the lily’s brightness — Yet never may the shadow stay Yet why complain? it leaves no stain Where Faith, like blossom holy, To mar the blossom’s whiteness; Keeps white the heart; to such there will be given And darkly thus may pride and power A blest assurance of the love of Heaven. . —Mrs. Hale, UMILITY is the eldest-born of virtue, AM content to touch the brink And claims the birthright at the throne of Of the other goblet, and I think heav’n. —Murphy. My bitter drink a wholesome drink, Because my portion was assigned ; ‘ EAVEN S gates are not so highly arched Wholesome and bitter. Thou art kind, 1 ’ . As princes’ palaces; they that enter there And I am blesséd to my mind. ' Must go upon their knees. —ohn Webster. —Elizabeth Barrett Browning. | fs 55 aN
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@enista tinctoria. Narurat Orper: Leguminosa — Pulse Family.
HIS is a perennial shrubby plant, about a foot high, bearing bright yellow flowers in the axils of the leaves or branches, blooming singly, and on short stems, in May and June. Cowper speaks of its blossoms as “yellow and bright as bullion unalloyed,” and Mary Howitt says:
“But ne’er was flower so fair as this,
In modern days or olden; It groweth on its nodding stem
Like to a garden golden.”
It is a native of Europe, but is found naturalized in some parts of the United States, and is useful to the dyer in forming a yellow dye,
Hraom Warn,
i Sorghum vulgare. NATURAL ORDER: Graminee—Grass Family. Ave
Se) ARIOUS parts of the United States are favorable to the culti- c vation of this corn, which is manufactured into brooms, con- © stituting a special industry of most of the Shaker communities, sO besides many private persons. It looks very much like the y Tf Indian corn as regards its leaves and height. When the panicle
is sufficiently mature, the stalk is bent down at the top until ripe = enough to cut. It is a native of the East Indies, and has been chosen a as an emblem of labor. The Sorghum saccharatum, or Chinese sugar
- cane, is supposed to be another variety, which yields a saccharine juice,
(x6 F whence its name; but even this, it is said, does not give a product equal to the crystallized syrup of the East India species of the same
Je2 Character.
BND) . aN X- Jiahor. ABOR is health. Lo! the husbandman reaping, How through his veins goes the life current leaping! How his strong arm in its stalwart pride sweeping, True as a sunbeam the swift sickle guides. —Mrs. Osgood. IVE me the fair one, in country or city, AN hath his daily work of body or mind Whose home and its duties are dear to the heart, Appointed, which declare his dignity ; Who cheerfully warbles some rustical ditty, While other animals inactive range, While plying the needle with exquisite art. And of their doings God takes no account. — Woodworth, —Milton. eon, my fair love, our morning task we lose, Some labor e’en the easiest life would choose; Ours is not great, the dangling boughs to crop, Whose too luxuriant growth our alleys stop. —Dryden, 66 (0 till the ground,” said God to man,— HIS my mean task
“Subdue the earth, it shall be thine;”
Would be as heavy to me as odious; but How grand, how glorious was the plan!
The mistress, which I serve, quickens what’s dead,
How wise the law divine. —Mrs, Hale. And makes my labors pleasures. —Shakespeare. © Mi 9 56 a 3
Hrawallia,
Browallia coerulea. Naturar Orper: Scrophulariacee— Figwort Family.
OM Peru and Brazil comes this delicate little annual, one among many recent additions to our gardens. It received its name from Linnzus in honor of his intimate friend (who was afterward his enemy), Johan Browall, bishop of Abo, in Sweden. It is about a foot high, and is, delicate and graceful in appearance, being covered continually with innu- merable flowers, which are very peculiar in shape, bearing a fanciful resemblance to a salver with two deep indentations in the
sides. The plant is well calculated for pot culture. The varieties are white, rose, and a purplish blue.
Gan You Bear Poverty?
Y crown is in my heart, not on my head; Not deck’d with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen: my crown is call’d content;
A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.
— Shakespeare. GRANT me, heav’n, a middle state — NFIT for greatness, I her snares defy, Neither too humble nor too great: And look on riches with untainted eyey More than enough for nature’s ends, To others let. the glitt’ring baubles fall; With something left to treat my friends. Content shall place me far above them all. —Maltet. —Churchill,
2 aa the life that in a peaceful stream,
Obscure, unnoticed, through the vale has flow’d; The heart that ne’er was charm’d by fortune’s gleam Is ever sweet contentment’s blest abode. —Percival.
ERE store of money is not wealth, but rather It may be filled with love and life and vigor, The proof of poverty and need of bread. To guide the wearer, and to cheer the way; Like men themselves is the bright gold they gather;
It may be corpse-like in its weight and rigor, Tt may be living, or it may be dead.
Bending the bearer to his native clay.
Fohn Boyle O'Reilly. B® honest poverty thy boasted wealth;
So shall thy friendships be sincere, tho’ few, So shall thy sleep be sound, thy waking cheerful. aflaeterd. (
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Hugqlass,
Anchusa officinalis, Naturat Orver: Boraginacee— Borage Family.
PeS\UR_ gardens, fields and roadsides everywhere furnish this rough perennial plant, which produces an abundance of sweet- scented purple flowers during the entire summer. ‘The leaves are long and rough, from which it has received in England the name of Ox-tongue, and the stem is covered with bristly “hairs. The root is used in medicine, producing a gentle moisture through the system. ‘The root of one of the species yields the red dye that was so much used by the Athenian ladies as a rouge
when that classic city was in its prime.
Hypocrisy.
i lincceeane when needed, she could weep and pray, And when she listed she could fawn and flatter,
Now smiling smoothly, like to summer’s day,
Now glooming sadly, so to cloak the matter;
Yet were her words but wind, and all her tears but water.
-—Spenser,
VERY man in this age has not a soul glittering volume may cover Of crystal, for all men to read their actions
Through; men’s hearts and faces are so far asunder That they hold no intelligence.
A story of sorrow and woe; And night’s gayest meteors may hover
Where danger lies lurking below. —Beaumont and Fletcher.
O smooth he daubed his life with show of virtue, He lived from all attainder of suspect.
— Shakespeare.
ET there came a time O, friend, be warned! He is not one
Thy youth should trust, for all his smiles; ‘Frank foreheads, genial as the sun,
To my proud love’s prime, When that proved base I had deemed sublime. By the cool stream’s bed My flowers hung dead,
, And the serpent, hissing, upreared its head!
May hide a thousand treacherous wiles, And tones like music’s honeyed flow
May work—God knows!—the bitterest woe. —Mary E. Bradley.
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Hulxeush,
Scirpus lacustris. Narurar Orver: Cyperacee— Sedge Family.
=6OST uncommon and peculiar is the appearance of the Bulrush X& or Clubrush, as it is occasionally called, which makes it quite K * noticeable wherever it appears among other grasses; the YF leaves being tubular, with various fine grooves or channels running up and down their length. The Lake Bulrush is “the largest of the species; growing in low lands, muddy marshes, and on the margins of streams and ponds. In early times it was much used in scouring tin, copper and pewter ware, but modern arts having supplied us with much better substitutes, it now remains unmolested. It was in some species of Bulrush or reed found along the borders of the Nile, that the infant Moses was dis- covered and rescued by the maids of the Egyptian princess.
Nudecision, HE will, and she will not—she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then flies. —Granville, HREE things a wise man will not trust: HE shepherd told me all his pain;— The wind, the sunshine of an April day, I ran and told it all again; And woman’s plighted faith. I have beheld But Phillis gave herself such airs The weathercock upon the steeple point It fills poor Colin’s breast with cares; Steady from morn till eve, and I have seen And I can hardly tell, I’m sure, The bees go forth upon an April morn, If she will grant at last a cure,— Secure the sunshine will not end in showers: I’ve told you all, and what think you? But when was woman true? —Southey. I won’t repeat: so tell me—do!—1¢ys. Norton. OST fair is e’er most fickle. A fair girl Is like a thousand beauteous things of earth, But most like them in love of change. —Peerbold, Cyne: turn with every wind about; Are seen to scud against the wind: They keep us in suspense and doubt; Is not this lady just the same? : Yet oft perverse, like woman-kind, For who can tell what is her aim? —szifz.. '
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Lappa major. Naturar Orper: Composite— Aster Family.
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oF UDGED by the popular verdict, the Burdock is an unattractive i weed, one of the coarsest and most obnoxious of the plants that * infest the roadsides, barnyards and fields, yet the roots are used in medicine as a tonic and alterative and to produce a gentle per- spiration. The leaves are large, often nearly two feet long, with coarse cords or veins running through them, and the entire plant * is pervaded by a bitter, disagreeable odor and taste. It grows about ® three or four feet in height, and is pyramidal in shape. The burrs fee ave the most disagreeable part, as each little scale that forms the @ floral sheath is armed with a hook, by which it fastens to anything y eS it may touch, and if ripe and dry it adheres most tenaciously. It © is a naturalized plant from Europe, and blooms in July and August. The flowers are a delicate pink.
Provimity Undesirable,
HERE is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out; For our bad neighbors make us early stirrers, Which is both healthful and good husbandry,
—Shakespeare.
TO my chimney’s shrine Forthwith his bow he bent,
Brought him, as Love professes, And wedded string and arrow, And chafed his hands with mine, And struck me, that it went
And dried his dripping tresses. Quite through my heart and marrow. But when that he felt warmed; Then laughing loud, he flew
Let’s try this bow of ours, Away, and thus said, flying: And string, if they be harmed, Adieu, mine host, adieu!
Said he, with these late showers. T'll leave thy heart a-dying.
—Anacreon, H! charming isle in the warm, green sea! O sirens! tempting me to wrong, What value have your meads to me? ii
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shower. .y Ww? + oi Distrust. Q in HOU hast no truth to prove, fair Eloise; And I say thou art false, who loved thee most; Then spare us both these feints and artful words. I could forgive thee if thou didst not play The actress with me now. And now I go; - But ere I go, I'll say I do forgive thee. —Frances A, Fuller. HO should be trusted now, when one’s right Our doubts are traitors, hand And make us lose the good we oft might win, Is perjur’d to the bosom? Proteus, By fearing to attempt. — Shakespeare.
I am sorry, I must never trust thee more, But count the world a stranger for thy sake;
The private wound is deepest. — Shakespeare. —Whittier.
Now naught but gall is there, and burning poison. — Thompson. DOUBT! O doubt! I know my destiny; There is no certainty, “my bosom’s guest,” I feel thee fluttering bird-like in my breast; No proving for the things whereof ve wot; I cannot loose, but I will sing to thee, For, like the dead to sight unmanifest, And flatter thee to rest. They are, and they are not. — Scan Ingelow. tf
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Ranunculus acrigs. Narurart Orver: Ranunculacea — Crowfoot Family.
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oe . to this common plant, so beautifully characterized by the Be poet Robert Browning as “the little children’s dower.” ' The very name calls up the picture of children crouching in the grass, and holding the golden blossoms under each a other’s chin to see if by the reflection they love butter, feel- ing assured that the least yellow gleam is indicative that their bread should ‘be thickly spread with that’ golden and necessary product of the dairy. The leaves drop from the plant easily, and frequently the least touch will cause the petals of the flowers to fall in a golden
| ees sunniest hours are not without The shadow of some lingering doubt.
HIS, this has thrown a serpent to my heart, While it o’erflowed with tenderness, with joy,
With all the sweetness of exulting love;
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Duttertly Orchis. :
Oncidium Papilio majus. Narurar Orver: Orchidacee— Orchis Family.
" expensive class of plants called Orchids, partly on account of their curious and beautiful flowers, and partly because of their strange manner of growth and individual appear- ance. They are divided into two classes, terrestrial and aerial. The aerial ones are confined chiefly to tropical climates, some growing in damp woods, resting on trees, while others are found on dripping rocks among mountains and near water courses. The large Butterfly Orchis is one among the finest of that family
the form of a butterfly, from which it takes its specific name papilio, Ns a Latin word having the same significance. In color the flower is of a dare brown striped or barred with yellow. The large projection, called the lip, is yellow at the center with a brown edge or margin. The flowers come successively from the old flower-stems for years, one coming continuously to
supply the place of the faded one.
Gaiety. HAT nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul’s calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy.
—Pope. i hes valley rings with mirth and joy, Have left the mother and the nest; Among the hills the echoes play And they go rambling east and west A never, never ending song, * In search of their own food; To weléome in the May. Or through the glittering vapors dart, The magpie chatters with delight; In very wantonness of heart. The mountain raven’s youngling brood — Wordsworth. fee weak have remedies, the wise have joys; Superior wisdom is superior bliss. —Young. LITTLE of thy merriment, And gladsomeness where’er I be, Of thy sparkling light content, Though fickle fate hath prison’d me Give me, my cheerful brook,— In some neglected nook. That I may still be full of glee —Lowell. ; é 62 a
@acalia.,
Cacalia coccinea. Narurat Orper: Composite — Aster Family.
>» CARLET Cacalia is a native of the East Indies, where nature revels in the most brilliant hues conceivable to the human mind, and where flowers assume shapes more innumerable than in this our cool and more temperate climate. Yet we must admit »the most of them behave admirably in their adopted homes,
sometimes diminishing their stature, but always remaining objects worthy of attention. The Cacalia blossom is shaped like a beautiful little brush or tassel, and is sometimes called Venus’s Paint Brush, or Tassel Flower. There are two varieties grown in our gardens, one
Avutation,
F we from wealth to poverty descend,
Want gives to know the flat’rer from the friend. —Dryden.
HOU delightest the cold world’s gaze, And gay is the playful tone, When crowned with the flower and the gem, As to the flattering voice thou respondest; But thy lover’s smile should be dearer praise But what is the praise of the cold and unknown
Than the incense thou prizest from them. To the tender blame of the fondest? —Fohn Everett,
O adulation; ’tis the death of virtue!
Who flatters is of all mankind the lowest, Save he who courts the flatterer. —Hannah More.
AM not form’d, by flattery and praise, SPIRIT, pure and fine and true By sighs and tears, and all the whining trade As ever dwelt in human form: Of love, to feed a fair one’s vanity; A love as deep, as fond, as warm,
To charm at once and spoil her. As ever loving woman knew. —Thompson. —Kate F. Hill, 63 a SN Gel
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Cactus--Wight Blooming,
Cereus granditflorus Naturat Orver: Cactacee—Cactus Family,
i; ERE is one of a class of plants which we should more fre-
none that demand so little attention, requiring only a rough
twice a week. They endure any amount of heat, but will S 2 . . . 2 not withstand a positive frost. The Cereus grandiflorus is a native oetayy.of Mexico and the West Indies, where it grows to a large size, as do it
SRE and wasting before day approaches. The flower is sometimes cut 2) when in its prime, and preserved in a large glass jar with alcohol,
Gransient Beauty.
LOWER of the night! mysteriously awake
When earth’s green tribes repose, why stealthful thus Comest thou to meet the stars—unfolding soft, Beneath their tranquil ray, thy peerless form? Flower of the night! chaster than Alpine snaws— Unvisited by aught save Heaven’s sweet breath — Why hide thy loveliness from mortal eye,
Why pour thy fragrance to the unconscious night?
tf, d Folie, *7TXIS not the fairness of the brow, That has a power to chain my gaze, Nor brightness of the eye; Or hold it in control; Nor yet the cheek whose radiant glow The beauty that I most admire Can with carnation vie, Shines spotless from the soul.
Mrs. RL, Eldredge, WH hung such beauty on such rugged stalk, Thou glorious flower? Who pour'd the richest hues
In varying radiance o’er thy ample brow? —Mrs, Sigourney.
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quently find in our dwellings than we do, as there are’
So when we think fate hovers o’er our heads, And troubled blood through his pale face was seen
Our apprehensions shoot beyond all bounds. —Zee, As it a running messenger had been. —spenser.
— Spenser. MAGINATION frames events unknown AM fearful; wherefore frowns he thus? In wild fantastic shapes of hideous ruin, Tis an aspect of terror. All’s not well. \ And what it fears creates! —Hannah More. --Shakespeare, ' = 65 av es ov
aa Cactus--Suake.
Cereus flagelliformis. NatTurRAL OrvDER: Cactacee —Cactus Family.
“arid plains of South America. The stem is about half an Winch in diameter, having ten angles, and attaining the olength of five or six feet. It is much too frail to stand alone, and should be supported on a trellis or tied to an upright stick. The flowers are extremely handsome, coming out from the clusters of spines that adorn the stem. The tube is long
number of days, when they are succeeded continuously by others for "several weeks.
You Gerrify Qe.
FEEL my sinews slacken’d with the fright, And a cold sweat thrills down all o’er my limbs, As if I were dissolving into water. —Dryden.
HEN the sun sets, shadows that show’d at noon IS hand did quake But small appear most long and terrible; And tremble like a leaf of aspen green,
EXT him was fear, all arm’d from top to toe, Yet thought himself not safe enough thereby, But fear’d each shadow moving to or fro, And his own arms when glittering he did spy, Or clashing heard, he fast away did fly; As ashes pale of hue, and wingéd heel’d, And evermore on danger fix’d his eye, ’Gainst whom he always bent a brazen shield, Which his right hand unarmed fearfully did wield.
Calceolavia,
Calceolaria hpbrita. =Narurar Oxver: Scrophulariacee—Figwort Family.
New Zealand. There are two species of this plant, differing -entirely from each other, in regard to the foliage. One is
“herbaceous, with large, oval, downy leaves, and grows about : Pe foot and a half high; the other is a shrub with small, oval leaves resembling those of the sage, except that they are a purer green. The flowers are alike in shape, the herbaceous having rather the largest. They are like a pouch or bag of velvet, sometimes of a plain color, and again covered with dots; indeed they often remind one of the plump body of a beautiful spider, only they have not spina- rets and legs. The blossoms, which are superb in color, are often large enough to hold a teaspoonful of water.
Tauetty,
F all the passions that possess mankind, The love of novelty rules most the mind; In search of this, from realm to realm we roam; Our fleets come fraught with ev'ry folly home.
—Foote.
cae sighs the world for something new, HANGE is written on the tide,
For something new; On the forest’s leaty pride; Imploring me, imploring you On the streamlet, glancing bright,
Some will-o’-wisp to help pursue. On the jewel’d crown of night; Ah, hapless world! What will it do, All where’er the eye can rest
Imploring me, imploring you, Show it legibly imprest.
For something new? —za/ph Hoyt. —Clinch,
| HAVE lived in cities all my birth,
Where all was noise, and life, and varving scene; ‘Recurrent news which set all men agape, New faces, and new friends, and shows and revels, Mingling in constant action and quick change.
—Boker, I = ns S is x
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EAUTIFUL in name (from the Greek £al/os) and justly merit- ing the distinction, is this lily-like plant. Its scientific name does joint honor to the French botanist, L. C. Richard, and its sup- { posed original seat, Aithiopia, though its true habitat is farther »_ south, in the region of the Cape of Good Hope, this charming, familiar plant is only adapted to house culture in cold climates. ° It has large, arrow-shaped leaves on long leafstalks. The flower is of a beautiful creamy white, and similar to a cornucopia in shape, or tg our own wild-wood plant, Jack-in-the-pulpit, and blooms during winter and spring. The plants of this order are pervaded by a volatile substance which in some becomes poisonous. The corms and root-stalks abound in starch, which in a few cases are rendered edible when the volatile substance is expelled by cooking.
Hemining Beauty,
] AM come, I am come! from the purple-browed sky, The spirit of beauty to thee;
I ride on the wings of the rose-scented air,
I sit on the lips of the violet fair,
And weave me a wreath of the sun’s golden hair,
As his tresses go glancingly by,
And glimmer the foam of the sea. —Carlos D. Stuart.
NATIVE grace Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
fair proportion’d on her polish’d limbs, But is, when unadorn’d, adorn'd the most;
a simple robe, their best attire, Thoughtless of beautv, she was Beauty’s self,
Beyond the pomp of dress; for loveliness Recluse amid the close embowering woods.
—Thompson.
NEVER saw aught like to what thou art, A spirit so peculiar in its mold, With so much wildness and with vet a part
Of all the softer beauties we behold. —Frances A. Fuller.
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Calycanthus.
Calpranthus floritus. NaruraL Orver: Calycanthacee—Calycanth Family.
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UR Southern States, more especially the Carolinas, are the
native seats of this fragrant shrub, whence it is sometimes called Carolina Allspice. It is generally found in fertile soils along water courses, is of a straggling growth, and does not attain a very great height—usually from three to four feet “only. It is also frequently cultivated in gardens and shrub- beries, where it has received the praise of many for the odor of its blossoms, which have a strawberry or fruit-like fragrance. The bark when broken also exhales a spicy perfume. The flowers are of a dull, lurid purple, and bloom on very short stems.
Beneuolency.
BLESSED bounty, giving all content! The only fautress of all noble arts, That lend'st success to every good intent, A grace that rests in the most godlike hearts, By heav’n to none but happy souls infused, Pity it is that e’er thou wast abused.
—Drayton. OW few, like thee, inquire the wretched out, ALF his earn’d pittance to poor neighbors went: And court the offices of soft humanity! They had his alms, and he had his content. Like thee, reserve their raiment for the naked, —Walter Harte
Reach out their bread to feed the crying orphan, i thy new hope, and from thy growing store,
Or mix the pitying tears with those that weep! Now lend assistance, and relieve the poor. —Rowe. —Dryden.
(oe his unwearied bounty flows;
First loves to do, then loves the good he does. — Sir F. Denham.
He that’s liberal For his bounty, To all alike may do good by chance, There was no winter in’t; an autumn 'twas, But never out of judgment. That grew the more by reaping. ; } —Beaumont and Fletcher. — Shakespeare, a 68 Ba 7 Ee aN
@amellia,
Gamellia Japonica. Natura Orver: Camelliacee—Tea Family.
the German botanist, Kamel, Latinized into Camellus. It is .a native of China, as well as of Japan, where it grows to a large
tree. It is graceful and handsome as one could desire for any f@ place or occasion. Its blossoms are among the loveliest that nature ~~ yields, but lack the fragrance of those of its rival, the rose, which = they much resemble; they are, however, more stately, the petals ee being much thicker, more waxy and symmetrical. There are, it is so We said, now nearly a thousand varieties, chiefly derived from seed. In order to perpetuate the same variety in color, they are propa- gated from slips.
Perfect Jroueliness.
E’ER shall thy dangerous gifts these brows adorn, To me more dear than all their rich perfume, The chaste Camellia’s pure and spotless bloom, That boasts no fragrance and conceals no thorn.
—Wm. Roscoe. HE, the gayest, sweetest blossom, Softly breathing amorous sighs, Smiling ’neath the summer skies, While the doves around are cooing, Glorious lips and swelling bosom, And the simple lovers wooing, Golden hair and sparkling eyes, Holds the moonbeams in surprise.
—Carlos D, Stuart.
[{ ACH ornament about her seemly lies,
By curious chance, or careless art, composed.
—Tasso. HE fairness of her face no tongue can tell, And more increast by her own goodly grace, For she the daughters of all women’s race, That it doth far exceed all human thought, And angels eke, in beautie doth excel, Ne can on earth compared be to aught. Sparkled on her from God’s own glorious face, rah aeer
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@anarvy Grass,
Phalavis Ganariensis. Narurar Orver: Gramineae —Grass Family.
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) .c ERIVING its name from the Greek word phalaris, meaning “= white or brilliant, as the seeds are shining and smooth, the ps Canary Grass is a native of the Canary Islands, -and its ¥ hy seeds form the chief food of the delightful little Canary bird, Z>as well as some other small wild birds. It is sometimes found
sparingly naturalized in the fields in America. There is a native plant
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SIE and familiarly as Ribbon Grass.
Perseverance.
TTEMPT the end, and never stand to doubt;
Nothing ’s so hard, but search will find it out. —FTerrich.
EW things are possible to listless indolence; Impenetrable to superficial gaze,
But unto him whose soul is in his task, Encounters every obstacle and still (Who scorns ’mid ease or sloth to bask Bears off from each the palm; then, human soul, Till it ’s accomplished), there is no chance, If for some noble object thou dost strive No prison which long in durance And wouldst triumphant reach the final goal, Can keep success; the unconquerable will Swerve not aside ere yet thou dost arrive; _ [trol.
Bends all before it; pierces through each maze Be patient, faithful, firm, and even fate shall not con- --Fames Walker,
EVOLT is recreant when pursuit is brave,
: Never to faint doth purchase what we crave. — Machen, OW noble is a good resolve, A latent bliss befriending it;— There’s heavenly hope attending it, If strong the strife and great the pain, And fair and pleasant thoughts involve Greater ’s the triumph—try again.
—Fohn Swain,
ERSEVERANCE is a Roman virtue, That wins each godlike act, and plucks success
E’en from the spear-proof crest of rugged danger. —Harvard.
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Cand ytutt
Sbervis wmbelleta. Narurar Orver: Cracifere— Mustard Family.
S) BERIS, or Candytuft, is so well adapted for bouquets that an ample bed of it should be found in every garden, for it See will bear any amount of clipping and still yield an abun- dance of flowers until destroyed by frost. The plants bear removal so poorly that it is best to sow them where they are to bloom, and to pull up all the superfluous ones, It is a native of Spain, and takes its name from the ancient appellative of that country, which was Iberia. It is most excellent for winter use, grown in pots or in vases; and is also planted as a border in flower gardens. The flowers are white, purple or crimson, and some of them are very fragrant.
Architecture,
N the well-framed models, With emblematic skill and mystic order, Thou show’dst where tow'rs on battlements should rise; Where gates should open, or where walls should compass.
—Prwr. UR fathers next, in architecture skill’d, ESTWARD a pompous frontispiece appear’d, Cities for use, and forts for safety, build; On Doric pillars of white marble rear’d, Then palaces and lofty domes arose; Crown’d with an architrave of antique mold, These for devotion, and for pleasure those. And sculpture rising on the roughen’d gold. — Sir R. Blackmore. : —Pope. IS son builds on, and never is content Till the last farthing is in structure spent. —Dryden. ERE stair on stair, with heavy balustrade, ET my due feet never fail And columned hybrids cut in rigid stone, To walk the studious cloister’s pale, And vase, and sphinx, and obelisk, arrayed, And love the high embowed roof, And arched wide bridges over wheelways thrown. With antique pillars massy proof; Valleys of heaven the gardens seemed to be, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim, religious light. —Milton.
\ Or isles of cloudland in a sunset sea. =
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Canterbury Bells,
Campanula medium. Natura Orver: Campanulacee—Bellwort Family.
7 SPRETENDING but handsome is this species of the Campa- nula, introduced into this country from Germany. ‘The stem is ® from two and a half to three feet high, and produces flowers A, that are large and attractive, continuing in bloom from early summer until fall. The blossoms are bell-shaped, as in the NK other varieties, the distinctive differences consisting in diversity > of foliage, and dissimilarity of style. Some are tall and stately, while others are mere cushions of verdure and flowers. The color of their blossoms is usually blue, though sometimes lavender or white.
Gratitudy.
OUNTAIN of mercy! whose pervading eye
Can look within and read what passes there, Accept my thoughts for thanks, I have no words; My soul, o’erfraught with gratitude, rejects
The aid of language. —Hannah More. HE benefits he sow’d in me met not O a generous mind Unthankful ground, but yielded him his own The heaviest debt is that of gratitude, With fair increase; and I still glory in it. When ’tis not in our power to repay it. —Massinger. —Franklin,
Wes gratitude o’erflows the swelling heart, And breathes in free and uncorrupted praise
For benefits received; propitious heaven
Takes such acknowledgments as fragrant incense,
And doubles all its blessings. —Lillo. | FIND a pious gratitude disperse Like curls of holy incense, overtake Within my soul; and at every thought of him Each other in my bosom, and enlarge Engenders a warm sigh within me, which, With their embrace his sweet remembrance. —Shirley, I GROW impatient, till I find some way
\ Great offices with greater to repay. —Dryden. ’ Je , (p—-w—D nial
Cavdamine.
Cardamine hirsuta. Narurar Orver: Crucifere— Mustard Family.
@f ROWING wild, this plant is found in various parts of the = United States, in some instances adding the name of the State in which the variety is produced to its own. It is also called Cuckoo Flower, and Bitter Cress. It flourishes in wet places, near streams or springs. The flowers are white and small.
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ee the above, and are frequently rose or purple in color. Its name is oe:
J derived from kardia, heart, and damao, to overcome, alluding to some supposed medicinal properties.
Autatuation,
H! blest is the fate of the one who hath found Some loadstar to guide through the wilderness round; And such I have found, my beloved one, in thee, For thou art the star of the desert to me. — Samuel Lover.
»/TXIS his one hope —all else that round his life And leave no impress; worldly lips revile
So fairly circles, scarce he values now; With sneer and stinging jibe, but idly by, The pride of name, a lot with blessings rife, Unfelt, unheard, the impatient arrows fly; Determined friends, great gifts that him endow— Careless he joins a parasitic train, Are shrunk to nothing in a woman’s smile; Fops, fools and flatterers, whom her arts enchain, Counsel, reproof, entreaty, all are lost Nor counts aught base that may to her pertain;
Like windy waters, which their strength exhaust Immersed in love—or what he deems is such. —F. G. Tuckerman,
[}? but look on her eyes! they do light H! then speak, thou fairest fair! All that Love’s world compriseth! Kill not him that vows to serve thee; Do but look on her hair! it is bright ‘But perfume this neighboring air As Love’s star when it riseth! Else dull silence sure will starve me; Do but mark —her forehead’s smoother Tis a word that’s quickly spoken, Than words that sooth her! Which, being restrained, a heart is broken. And from her arched brows such a grace — Beaumont and Fletcher. Sheds itself through the face, LL nature fades extinct; and she alone As alone there triumphs to the life, Heard, felt and seen, possesses every thought, All the gain, all the good of the elements’ strife. Fills every sense, and pants in every vein. \ — Fonson. —Thompson. ! aa 73 ar
Cardinal Flower,
Lobelia Cardinalis. Narurar Orver: Lobeliacee— Lobelia Family.
color. It is a tall plant of exceeding beauty, found in ‘ meadows, especially near streams of running water, where its bright face is mirrored on the gleaming surface. It was intro- i duced into England from America, of which it is a native, during s,, colonial times, and has ever since enjoyed the admiration of florists ir and amateur cultivators. The flowers are of a deep scarlet, and Be each blossom about two inches in length, arranged on a fine, nod-
ding stem. These appear during the whole summer.
Preferment,
HEN knaves come to preferment, they rise as
Gallows are raised in the low countries, one
Upon another’s shoulders. — Webster. ITTXIS sweet, beloved, to have thee nigh, F to feel the deep devotion In pleasant converse thus with me, Of a pilgrim at a shrine,
For while these social moments fly, If to weep with fond emotion
I feel my heart still clings to thee. Be to love thee, I am thine. Yes, clings to thee with stronger ties If to treasure every token,
Than e’er I felt or knew before, Every look and every sign, As day by day some charm supplies Every light word thou hast spoken,
That makes me bless thee more and more. Be to love thee, I am thine.
—Thomas G. Spear, Mrs, V. E. Howard,
JE who cannot merit Preferment by employments, let him bare His throat unto the Turkish cruelty,
Or die or live a slave, without redemption. f —Fohn Ford.
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@arvunation.
Dianthus carpophpllus. Narurar Orver: Caryophyllacee— Pink Family.
"MONG the most delightful of all our flowers are the Carna- tions, in all their diverse colors, being called the flower of % Jove or Jupiter, the chief god among the Romans, whence its name— Los, of Zeus, or Jupiter, and anthos, a flower; the 2,4 distinctive epithet is also from two other Greek words, , WWkaruon, a nut, and phyllon, a leaf. They are variously called Pp) Wi, bizarres, flakes, or picotees, according to their colors and markings, i Fai ° being spotted, striped or plain. The varieties number, it is said, over HA: four hundred, and many of them yield the exquisite odor of the clove, eor other sweet perfume.
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Gontempt,
ND where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled—and mercy sigh’d farewell! —Byron. | ARSH scorn hath hail’d thy blighted name, HALL it not be scorn to me Thou frail but lovely thing; To harp on such a molder’d string?
And the precious flower of fame I am sham’d through all my nature Is slowly withering! —Mrs. Norton. To have lov’d so slight a thing. —Tennyson.
HINK not there is no smile
I can bestow upon thee. There is a smile, A smile of nature too, which I can spare,
And yet perhaps thou wilt not thank me for it. --Foanna Baillie.
AKE back, take back thy promises; To vibrate at affection’s touch, Take back, take back thy love,
They say ‘tis all ideal bliss
With such sweet joy again. Then give me back the light, warm heart
Fleeting as sunbeams move; T held in youth’s bright morn;
And that 'twill quickly pass away, It can’t endure indifference, And not a chord remain ’Twould break beneath thy scorn. —Mrs. Locke, ENCE! Leave my door!
I know thee not, dark woman! Hence away! —Mrs. Sigourney.
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ae a cordon of flowers by mortals, could be compelled to prophesy; so the ancient Greeks imagined. 4am Ohy Prisoner, IGH walls and strong the body may confine, And iron gates obstruct the prisoner’s gaze, And massive bolts may baffle his design, And vigilant keepers watch his devious ways; Yet scorns the immortal mind this base control! No chains can bind it and no cells enclose; Swifter than light it flies from pole to pole, And in a flash from earth to heaven it goes. —Anonymous. LIBERTY’! the prisoner’s pleasing dream, E gives the signal of command, The poet’s muse, his passion and his theme; He waves—he drops— the lifted hand! Genius is thine, and thou art Fancy’s nurse; It was a sound of clashing steel — Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse; Why starts he thus? what doth he feel? Heroic song from thy free touch acquires The clanking of his iron chain it Its clearest tone, the rapture it inspires. —Cowper. Hath made him prisoner again! —afys. Norton. ii Ve
Catchtly.
Silene Armevia. Narurat Orver: Caryophyllacee—Pink Family.
74a ARIETIES of this plant to the number of about one hundred, e of which perhaps a dozen are indigenous to the United States, have been noted by botanists. It is cultivated as a garden annual, many varieties having been introduced from Europe —
Russia has furnished a perennial species. They all bloom plenti- ede and are appropriate for planting in the borders, or for rock- ’ work. The stem is about a foot and a half high, and the flowers - mostly a purplish pink, white, and red. -Beneath each joint there is a ‘ glutinous substance that retains any light insect that touches it. It \ derives its name from Silenus, the reputed foster-father and drunken rhe: companion of Bacchus, who, when caught asleep and encircled with
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OW, the plaintive tones inspiring And I’m hastening with affection Still more sweet and yearning swell, To my hidden darling there, Till my spirit bursts its bondage, Where the cedar boughs are waving That had chained it with its spell; In the rustling evening air.
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Cedar-Hed,
Juniperus Dirginiana. NATURAL ORDER: Conifere — Pine Family.
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» of them of infinite importance to man, growing as some of Y-x them do in immense forests, they yield an unbounded supply ‘30 of timber for various architectural purposes, being light, easily wrought and durable. This includes all the pines, hemlocks, % spruces and cedars. The large, straight trunks of the White Pine SAy are in great demand for the masts of vessels, while other varieties
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yield the resinous sap from which resin, tar, pitch and turpentine ‘S are manufactured. The Red Cedar is a middle-sized tree, found in
coast. Its wood is of a reddish cast, compact, fine grained, and almost imperishable, so well does it resist all the processes of decay.
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OR thee I will arouse my thoughts to try All heavenward flights, all high and holy strains; For thy dear sake I will walk patiently
Through these long hours, nor call their minutes pain. —Frances Anne Kemble.
—L. Sylvestre.
E will walk this world, Yok’'d in all exercise of noble aim, And so through those dark gates across the wild That no man knows. (
—Tennyson.
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And they are fools who roam; The world has nothing to bestow,
From own selves our joys must flow, Bids equity throughout His works prevail, And that dear hut—our home. —Cotton, And weighs the nations in an even scale. — Cowper.
@elandine.,
Chelidonium majus. Narurat Orvrer: Papaveracee—Poppy Family.
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UITE familiar, from growing wild by the roadsides and in the fields, especially in moist places, as well as from being *=cultivated in gardens, is this plant of the poppy family. It is a fleshy herb, with leaves formed of leaflets arranged in pairs on a central stem, and one odd one to finish the tip; they are of a sea or bluish green in color, and are ., quite smooth. The flowers. are yellow, and are not lasting. Its name is derived from the word chelidon, the Greek name for the swallow, as it was supposed to blossom with the arrival of that bird. It has become a naturalized plant in the United States, its native place being Europe.
Huture Happiness.
HERE is a gentle element, and man
May breathe it with a calm, unruffled soul, And drink its living waters till his heart ~ Is pure; and this is human happiness. — wus.
F solid happiness we prize, APPINESS depends, as nature shows, Within our breast the jewel lies, Less on exterior things than most suppose; Vigilant over all that He has made,
Kind Providence attends with gracious aid,
E is the happy man whose life e’en now Shows somewhat of that’ happier life to. come; 5 Who, doomed to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must
Below the skies, but having there his home. —Cowper,
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Chamomile.
Anthemis nobilis. Narurar Orver: Composite — Aster Family.
ES e HERE are two species of this humble plant; the first inodorous, naturalized in fields, byways and lanes, and is I] called Corn Chamomile; and the second a perennial from ie Great Britain and other parts of Europe. It is frequently . cultivated in gardens, and is well known for its strong, agree- able odor. The flowers are much used in medicine for their " tonic and anodyne properties. It was called Anthemis, from anthos, Greek for flower, by reason of its profusion of flowers.
Mercy.
S love so very plenty in this weary world of pain,
That you cannot let all else go by and trust me once again? --Christian Reid.
HE end will soon come, and tho’ outcast I be, HEN gently scan thy brother man, Perhaps there is One will have pity on me; Still gentler sister woman; Who will to the injured His mercy extend, Though both may gang a kennie wrang, And be to the outcast protector and friend. —% 7. S. To step aside is human. —Burns. 9/TIS mercy! mercy! The mark of heav’n impress’d on human kind, Mercy that glads the world, deals joy around; Mercy that smooths the dreadful brow of power, And makes dominion light; mercy that saves, Binds up the broken heart, and heals despair. —Rowe. OME unto me, when weary of life’s burdens, AY, the divine in it lingers there still, e When, oh! so tired of all its hopes and fears — God’s care in all;
When, ’midst the fury of the storms and tempests, Rose leaves but drop at the beck of His will, Thou shalt be waiting as the heaven nears. Fetters which thrall.
—Mary B, Dodge.
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Through heaven and earth, so shall my glory excel. \ But mercy first and last shall brightest shine. —Milton. i i
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@Gastanea vesea. Narurau Orver: Cupulifere—Oak Family.
"RANCE and Italy, or parts of them, use the nut of this tree to some extent as an article of diet, a substitute for flour and potatoes, principally among the poorer classes, who pre- pare it by some process of cooking; the nut there, however, being nearly double the size of the ones we are familiar SON with. The Italian nut venders are also found on street corners of our large cities. In some portions of the United States the tree grows plentifully, though seldom forming masses in the woods. In July the blossoms hang like tassels all over the tree, y completely covering it as if with a yellowish mantle. The nut is of ; a beautiful brown, and is inclosed in a formidable burr, beset on all sides with sharp, thori:y spines. The timber is useful in some kinds of building, being strong, elastic and durable, without much weight. The Chestnut was a favorite tree of Salvator Rosa, and flourished in the moun-
tains of Calabria. It is said to have derived its name from Casthanza, a city of ancient Greece.
Decepliug Appearances.
OW little do they see what is, who frame
Their hasty judgments upon that which seems.
—Southey. ITHIN the oyster’s shell uncouth HE deepest ice that ever froze The purest pearl may bide;— Can only o’er the surface close; Trust me, you'll find a heart of truth The living stream lies quick below, Within that rough outside. And flows,and cannot cease to flow. —Mrs. Osgood. —Byron. 9’ IS not the fairest form that holds The mildest, purest soul within; ’Tis not the richest plant that folds The sweetest breath of perfume in. —Dawes. HY plain and open nature sees mankind PPEARANCES to save, his only care; r But in appearances, not what they are. So things seem right, no matter what they are. ! —Frowde. — Churchill.
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Chickhweed,
Stellaria media. Natura Orver: Caryophyllacea — Pink Family.
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Star of my Eristency.
HAVE sought the intensest ways to best adore you,
I have lain my soul’s last treasure at your feet; Yet I tremble as in thought I bend before you,
With abasement and abashment and defeat, Knowing well that all the love I ever bore you
Is requital weak of worth and incomplete! —Edgar Fawcett.
lines seen grand ladies plumed and silked, HERE ever is a form, a face, But not a sweeter maiden — Of maiden beauty in my dreams, But not a sweeter, fresher maid Speeding before me like the race Than this in homely cotton, To ocean of the mountain streams— Whose pleasant face and silky braid With dancing hair, and laughing eyes, I have not yet forgotten. That seem to mock me as it flies. —Christina Georgina Rossetti. — Halleck.
Y spirit bows before a nameless shrine, Seeking to offer there The heart’s devotion to some nymph divine
As pure and true as fair. —W. F. Langey.
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‘found generally in moist, shady places. It is a small, delicate, 'grain-like herb. The leaves are oval, the stem round and jointed, and rather procumbent. The flowers are small, » white and star-like, whence its botanical name.. At night the leaves, in pairs, close around the young stems. Birds are very fond of picking at the seeds, as well as the green leaves, espe- cially canaries, giving rise to its popular name, Chickweed. The
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Chicory,
Gichorium mtybus. NaruraL Orver: Composite — Aster Family.
RE is an oriental herb in height from two to three feet, found naturalized in fields and byways. The flowers are large and conspicuous, blooming in pairs in the axils of the leaves, and are a pale blue in color. The root is used in
: a France, and indeed in America, for the adulteration of coffee, Ke 7 Oy for which purpose it is roasted, ground, and flavored with 9° burnt sugar. Its name is of Egyptian origin, being in Egypt called
_chikouryeh, It is known in England as Succory. The Endivia y a variety, so called, is a native of the East Indies, and’ is sometimes used for salads.
Prudent Bronomy.
OR him light labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life requir’d, but gave no more; His best companions, innocence and health; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. —Goldsmith.
RUDENCE, thou virtue of the mind, by which Assyrian carpets, chairs of ivory,
We do consult of all that’s good or evil, The luxuries of a stupendous house, Conducting to felicity; direct Garments perfum’d, gems valued not for use,
My thoughts and actions by the rules of reason; But needless ornament; a sumptuous table, Teach me contempt of all inferior vanities;
And all the baits of sense. = Pride in a marble portal gilded o’er, _ ae
| seca forward what ’s to come, and back whats past; Thy life will be with praise and prudence graced; What loss or gain may follow, thou mayst guess;
Thou then wilt be secure of the success. —Sir F. Denham. aco wise with prudent thought provide HEN any great designs thou dost intend, Against misfortune’s coming tlde. —pyittacus, Think on the means, the manner and the end. i
China Aster--Dondle,
Callisteplhus Chinensis. Narurar Orver: Composite —Aster Family.
exquisite pains in their cultivation, the Aster being one of their especial favorites. With infinite patience they place the various colors so as to form, according to their taste, an artistic mass in gardens and pleasure grounds. The varieties now supplied by
seedsmen are numerous, the colors the most perfect that one could wish, and filled with petals to the center. They bloom from midsummer until late in the autumn, or until frost sets its sharp teeth in their prodigal blossoms. On the approach of winter, those that have unexpanded buds can be lifted and transferred to the house, and if wasted flowers are clipped will remain in bloom some time. The scientific name is derived from the Greek, and signifies beau- tiful crown.
Bounty.
HAT you desire of him, he partly begs To be desir’d to give. It much would please him, That of his fortunes you would make a staff
To lean upon. —Shakespeare. ARGE was his bounty, and his soul sincere; N all places, then, and in all seasons, Heaven did a recompense as largely send; Flowers expand their light and soul-like wings, He gave to misery all he had —a tear; Teaching us, by most persuasive reasons, He gain’d from heav’n—’twas all he wished, a friend. How akin they are to human things. —Gray. —Longfellow.
UCH moderation with thy bounty join
That thou may’st nothing give that is not thine to give. —Denham.
Fao more than all, ye speak To gladden all the earth Of might and power, of mercy, of the One With bright and beauteous emblems of His grace, Eternal, who hath strew’d you fair and meek, That showers its gifts of uncomputed worth To glisten in the sun; In every clime and place. —Mary Anne Browne. 83
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@hina Astev--Single,
Callistephus Chinensis. NarturaL Orver: Composite— Aster Family.
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have originated under careful and discriminating cultivation.
Bounded by a single row of petals, ofa purple color; now we have nearly all colors and shades, except yellow. Such is the wonderful
power of human thought, skill, patience and perseverance, when applied * to flowers; who. can doubt its equal power when enlisted in the eleva- tion of mankind or in the improvement of the individual.
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epee heralds should be thoughts, Which ten times faster glide than sunbeams, Driving back the shadows over lowering hills.
—Shakespeare. OSE leaves, when the rose is dead, ft lecaceti pans of my soul, how swift ye go! Are heaped for the belovéd’s bed; Swift as the eagle’s glance of fire, And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone, Or arrows from the archer’s bow, Love itself shall slumber on. —Shelly. To the far aim of your desire! —_yprpitsier.
jiga car without horses, the car without wings, Roars onward and flies On its pale iron edge,
"Neath the heat of a thought sitting still in our eyes. —Miss Barrett,
i heen flit and flutter through the mind, ANY are the thoughts that come to me As o’er the waves the shifling wind; In my lonely musing;
Trackless and traceless is their flight,
As falling stars of yesternight,
And they drift so strange and swift, There ’s no time for choosing Which to follow, for to leave
Which other tides have rippled o’er. —Bowring. Any, seems a losing. —C. P. Cranch,
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Chrysanthemum,
Chrysanthemum carinatum. Narurar Orver: Composite — Aster Family.
““EELSHAPED goldflower is the significance of the scientific name of this plant—carinatum, from the Latin carzna, a keel; and Chrysanthemum, from two Greek words, chrysos, golden, and anthemon, a flower. It is not naturalized in this country, ; though it has now been cultivated here for a number of years. It is nearly a century since they were introduced into Great #> Britain (in 1789). They are indigenous to Northern Africa, China, Japan, and other Oriental countries. The primitive color was yellow, hence the Greeks called it Chrysanthemum; but now the colors are various, being white, crimson, maroon, and yellow of several shades. They blossom very late “in the fall, and, if transferred to the house, will bloom until Christmas, requiring only to be kept from positive f freezing.
Stighted Atfections.
OUL, wilt thou love, where to love is losing? Long wilt thou wander in ways that err; Dally with hopes, that thy barren choosing Finds fleeting as steps of a wayfarer. Wilt thou not turn and say to her spirit, Lo! I that love thee will love no more? This is a hard thing that we inherit; To love and to weep, lo! this is sore. —Barton Grey.
AN brightener of the fading year, Thou comest when the rose is dead,
Chrysanthemum ; Chrysanthemum —
Rough teller of the winter near, When pink and lily both have fled, Chrysanthemum: Chrysanthemum :
Gray, low-hung skies and woodlands sere, When hollyhocks droop low the head,
Wet, leaf-strewn ways with thee appear; And dahlias litter path and bed,
Yet well I love to see thee here, Thou bloomest bright in all their stead, Chrysanthemum! Chrysanthemum,
Yes, well I love to see thee here, And back recall’st their beauty fled. Chrysanthemum! —W. C. Bennett.
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@Minervaria,
Cineraria amelloites. Naturat Orver: Composite—Aster Family.
¢ RIGHT and beautiful, the flower-stalks of this plant raise their aster-like clusters of blossoms well above their broad and handsome leaves, in our greenhouses in spring, when flowers
& are scarce, sometimes as many as fifty flowers in a crowning FA mass. The plant has been called Cape Aster, one of the first
varieties having come from the South of Africa; but as we have species now from the colder latitudes of Siberia, as well as from the tropical climes of Jamaica and the Canary Isles, that name has been almost universally abandoned for the Latin one embracing them all. The colors are the various shades of purple or blue, usually with a white or lighter ring at the base of the petals.
Always Delighthut.
O he brilliant and mirthful the light of her eye,
Like a star glancing out from the blue of the sky. — Whittier.
| eae shines the sun today, Sweet content, with winning smiles, Perhaps it brings but little sorrow; Brightens every simple pleasure; We'll be happy while we may; Happiness, with merry smiles, *Twould be folly now to borrow Adds its gold to all our treasure; Griefs and cares, which may not stray, Thus our path for many miles May not darken our tomorrow. May be crowned from joy’s full measure.
—Tamar Anne Kermode. E is so full of pleasant anecdote, So rich, so gay, so poignant in his wit, Time vanishes before him as he speaks, And ruddy morning through the lattice peeps.
IS sports were fair, his joyance innocent, HEN thou art near, Sweet without sour, and honey without gall; The sweetest joys still sweeter seem, And he himself seem’d made for merriment, The brightest hopes more bright appear, Merrily masking both in bower and hall. And life is all one happy dream, a aa When thou art near. —Robert Sweney. at 86 ce aoe ED
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Citrus medica. Natura Orver: Awranticee—Orange Family.
IGHT or nine feet high in its native seats in tropical climates, |, the Citron differs but slightly in appearance from the lemon “and orange trees, with which we are familiar, though only as house shrubs. The foliage is evergreen, the flowers resem- x, bling the orange blossom; the fruit is fragrant, the pulp being ’ acid like the lemon, and grateful and cooling to the taste. The trees of this class are all easily grown in the conservatory, and ) in Louisiana and Florida in the open air, yielding a delightful perfume when in bloom. It gets its distinctive title, medica, from the two essential oils (citron and cedrat) which it yields.
Qarringg.
O power in death shall tear our names apart, As none in life could rend thee from my heart.
—Byron.
OME from the woods with the citron flowers, HEN on thy bosom I recline,
Come with your lyres for festal hours, Enraptured still to call thee mine, Maids of bright Scio! They came, and the breeze To call thee mine for life, Bore their sweet songs o’er the Grecian seas; I glory in the sacred ties, They came, and Endora stood robed and crowned Which modern wits and fools despise, The bride of the morn, with her train around. Of husband*and of wife.
—Mrs. Hemans. —Lindley Murray.
HE citron groves their fruit and flowers were strewing Around a Moorish palace, while the sigh Of low, sweet summer winds the branches wooing With music through their shadowy bowers went by; Music and voices from the marble halls
Through the leaves gleaming, and the fountain falls. —Mrs. Hemans.
CROSS the threshold led, Shining within, when all without is night; And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, A guardian angel o’er his life presiding, ly His house she enters, there to be a light Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing. —Rogers. - 8 aa
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@Mlianthnus,
Clianthus Dampier. Narurar Orver: Leguminose—Pulse Family.
T is but a few years since this beautiful flower was first introduced into Europe and the United States from New
Zealand, and, as it was at first considered a delicate plant % to cultivate, it commanded a very high price, and was with S) difficulty persuaded to bloom. The trouble was too much
care. It is now grown from seeds, requiring a well-drained soil, and only a reasonable supply of water, as too liberal drenching causes it to decay at the root. The leaves grow in pairs opposite each other, similar to the pea family, to which class it belongs. The flowers appear in clusters of about half a dozen, each being from two
to three inches long, and of a rich scarlet, with an intensely black blotch in. the center.
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Glorious Beauty.
. ER eyes, her lips, her cheeks, her shape, her features, Seem to be drawn by love’s own hands, by love Himself in love.
—Dryden. HE beautiful are never desolate, EART on her lips, and soul within her eyes, But some one always loves them, Soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies. —Bailey. —Byron. ER grace of motion and of look, the smooth And swimming majesty of step and tread, The symmetry of form and feature, set The soul afloat, even like delicious airs Of flute or harp. —Milman. sae has such wondrous eyes, The lustrous depths that stir The saints in paradise With rhythmic rise and fall, Must veil their own from her. To hide her heart from all— Around her snow-white neck I hold a hidden key Great pearls, like foam-bells fleck, To ope the gates, ma mie/ —Edward Renaud, ee 88
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Xanthiam strumarium. Natura Orver: Composite — Aster Family.
eIKE some of the human family, certain plants have but very 2 little biography, and what they have is not very favorable. ®They necessarily have had progenitors or ancestors, but not : le, the illustrious, the noted, the famous; neither have they Sige, beauty or attractions sufficient to redeem them from ob- ONS scurity. The Clotbur resembles the burdock, the Spanish needles, and some others of those provoking plants that scatter their seeds by adhering to whatever comes in contact, which they do readily by the hooked spines with which they are provided. They are mostly
coarse plants, found in byways, fields, woods and barnyards.
Detraction,
ETRACTION is a bold monster, and fears not To wound the fame of princes, if it find But any blemish in their lives to work on. —Massinger.
2TTXIS not the wholesome, sharp morality, Of the malicious, ignorant and base
Or modest anger of a satiric spirit, Interpreter; who will distort, and strain That hurts or wounds the body of a State; The gen’ral scope and purpose of an author But the sinister application To his particular and private spleen. —Fonson.
IRTUE itself ’scapes not calumnious strokes; The canker galls the infants of the spring, For oft before their blossoms be disclos’d, And in the morn and liquid dew of youth, Contagious blastments are most imminent.
—Shakespeare. N° skill in swordmanship, however just, iss one whose whip of steel can with a lash Can be secure against a madman’s thrust; Imprint the characters of shame so deep, And even virtue so unfairly match’d, Ev’n in the brazen forehead of proud sin, Although immortal, may be prick’d or scratch’d. That not eternity shall wear it out. —Cowper. —Randolph.
APPY are they that hear their detractions, And can put them to mending. —Shakespeare.
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Crifolium pratense. Natura Orver: Leguminose— Pulse Family.
NOWN more commonly, from one variety, as the Red Clover, this three-leaved product of the meadow (whence its scientific " name) is, next to common grass, the most useful plant to the husbandman for the feeding of his cattle; and of it they are
exceedingly fond. It is usually grown as a mixture in with
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The blossoms are fragrant, and are very enticing to bees and butter- flies as well as other honey-loving insects.
Qudustry.
IKE clocks, one wheel another on must drive —
Affairs by diligent labor only thrive. —Chapman. ND cheerfully she plodded through The coward wolf might fly; Her many household cares; And train’d the woodbines higher yet
And led the flock her father left, Upon the cottage wall,
To feed upon the hill; And pruned the roses, where they grew, And guided them at sunset . So sweet and fresh and tall;
To the bubbling silver rill; And planted flowers and strawberries, And put them safe in fold at night, In her small plot of ground,
And left the watch-dog nigh, And painted all the railing green, That at his honest, angry bark That fenced her garden ’round.
—Mrs. Norton, FT did the harvest to the sickle yield, Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe hath broke; How jocund did they drive their teams afield, How bow’d the woods beneath their sturdy stroke.
—Gray. HORTLY his fortune shall be lifted higher; BSENCE of occupation is not rest, True industry doth kindle honor’s fire. A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. f \ — Shakespeare. — Cowper.
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Cobea scandens. Naturar Orver: Polemoniacee —Polemonium Family.
ish missionary in Mexico (whence the common species has been introduced), is a very luxuriant and beautiful plant, often growing a hundred and fifty feet or more in a single season. The most common kind produces large, bell-shaped
appear are a pale green, changing gradually to a beautiful dark purple under the influence of the sun and air. There is also a variegated kind, and very recently a white variety has been introduced. The seeds ’ are large and flat, and should be planted edgewise, as, if placed flat, they are apt to rot before sprouting. It can be cultivated as an annual, or as a permanent house-plant; in either case care should be taken in pruning if entirely cut back, to see that there are young shoots sprout- ing from the root near the earth, to absorb the superfluity of sap, or the plant will perish.
Gussip..
ALKERS are no good doers; be assured We go to use our hands, and not our tongues.
flowers, nearly the size of a teacup, which when they first
— Shakespeare. WEET were the tales she used to tell NEVER with important air When summer’s eve was dear to us, In conversation overbear; And fading from the darkening dell, My tongue within my lips I rein; The glory of the sunset fell. For who talks much must talk in vain. —Whittier. —Gay. Y lord shall never rest; TI’ll watch him tame, and talk him out. — Shakespeare. MIRTH-MOVING jest, OW hard soe’er it be to bridle wit, Which his fair tongue, conceit’s expositor, Yet memory oft no less requires the bit. Delivers in such apt and gracious words How many, hurried by its force away, That aged ears play truant at his tales. Forever in the land of gossips stray! \ —S, hakespeare. — Stillingfleet. ’ fy I o x, 9 Sea
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Cockscowh,
Gelosia cristata. Natrurat OrpER: Amarantacee — Amaranth Family.
FEW years ago the crimson Celosia was the only variety to be met with, and now we have the white, yellow, and rose. They bloom in a flattened, pyramidal spike, frequently a foot
broad, and resemble a mass of plush gathered into a gro- og tesque shape, the crest of the flower being usually deeper in \ tint and softer in texture. They are garden annuals, but
servatory ornaments when placed against a background of striking %.: foliage. Their flowers are lasting, and are a fine addition to winter bouquets, in which case they should be plucked before frost, and before too much wasted by the ripening of the seeds.
Hoppery.
H! save me, ye powers, from these pinks of the nation, These tea-table heroes! these lords of creation. —Salmagundi.
OME positive, persisting fops we know, OXCOMBS are of all ranks and kind, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so; They’re not to sex or age confined; But you with pleasure own your errors past, Of rich, or poor, or great, or small, , And make each day a critique on the last. —pope, *Tis vanity besets them all. —Gay.
HINE out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass. —sShakespeare. ES. arioroing O0e8 OPS take a world of pains
This fellow: put tunaseli mpori the teks To prove that bodies may exist saxs brains;
With putting on ’s apparel, and manfully The former so fantastically dress’d,
Endures his tailor, when he screws and wrests The latter's absence may be safely guess'd.
His body into the fashion of his doublet. —sviriey. —Park Benjamin,
ATURE made ev’ry fop to plague his brother, Just as one beauty mortifies another. —Pope.
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Columbine,
Aquilegia Ganadensis. Narurat Orver: Ranunculacee—Crowfoot Family.
=i, ERHAPS ten varieties of this plant are in cultivation, some of © them being our own wild ones naturalized, while others have been imported from Siberia, Mexico and elsewhere. They are various in color of blossom, usually combining two shades or complementary tints in one flower, as red and yellow, blue and white, some even having three. The petals are curiously spurred, from which they have been compared to the talons of the eagle, whence their Latin name, from aguza, an eagle. The resem- blance of its flowers to a fool’s cap has given rise to its symbolism.
Fally.
EAVE such to trifle with more grace and ease, Whom folly pleases, or whose follies please.
—Pope. AME '’S but a hollow echo; gold, pure clay; HAT is social company Honor, the darling of but one ‘short day; But a babbling summer stream? Beauty, the eye’s idol, but a damask’d skin; * What our wise philosophy State, but a golden prison to live in. But the glancing of a dream?
—Sir Henry Wotten. —Christopher Pearse Cranch,
THERS the siren sisters compass ’round, And empty heads console— with empty sound.
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—Pope. IS passion for absurdity.’s so strong, *HE morning’s blush, she made it thine, He cannot bear a rival in the wrong, The morn’s sweet breath, she gave it thee; Tho’ wrong the mode comply: more sense is shown And in thy look, my Columbine! In wearing others’ follies than our own. Each fond-remember’d spot she bade me see. —Young. —Fones Very, OO many giddy, foolish hours are gone, And in fantastic measures danced away. —Rowe. HEIR passions move in lower spheres, HUS in a sea of follies toss'd, Where'’er caprice or folly steers. —swift. My choicest hours of life are lost. —Swift. a 93 ce SS. =
Coreopsis,
Coreopsis tinctoria. Natura Orver: Composite —Aster Family.
& # opine, of AROS ySSik ANY are the varieties of this truly handsome annual, which
) : WK derives its name from two Greek words, kords, a bug, and 5 i : ~ opsis, appearance. The flowers are about an inch or an Noles le ? inch and a half in diameter, and in shape like a diminutive — a > | fs “5 sunflower, the rays or petals being yellow, crimson, maroon iy ali Sand red; or yellow with one of the darker colors forming a
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Ce you chain the blithe waves dancing wild in their glee? Could you check the glad mockbird his carol repeating,
Hold the laughing leaves still that are fluttering free, Or the sungleams that o’er the green meadows are fleeting?
And why is my voice attuned like a lute To the music that all things around me are feeling, If its voice in that concert alone must be mute,