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SEVERITY, OR RIGOUR. 



Branch of Thorns. 

 " Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth/' 



" Spare the rod and spoil the child," is a 

 proverb happily gone out of favour, since it 

 has been so generally known that birch ma- 

 nure produces those sour and obstinate weeds 

 that destroy the fair flowers from which we 

 might otherwise have expected agreeable fruit. 



SLEEP OF THE HEART. 



White Poppy. — Papaver Somnifonun. 



" From the poppy I have ta'en 

 Mortal's balm, and mortal's bane ! 

 Jv-ice, that creeping through the heart. 

 Deadens ev'ry sense of smart." 



Mrs. M. Robitison. 



This somniferous plant, which mitigates 

 pain, damps also the energies of the mind. 



