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MERICAN ARBOR-VIT.E. Thuja occi- 

 dcntalis. Class 21, MONCECIA. Order: Mo- 

 NADELPHIA. The American Arbor-vitse ia 

 found in the same region as the spruces, 

 where it is called White Cedar; and indeed 

 it much resembles in its appearance the 

 Cupressus Thugoides, or genuine White 

 Cedar. It grows to the height of 50 or 60 feet, with the trunk 

 10 or 15 inches in diameter, and is now planted for ornament in 

 all parts of the Union. The wood is soft, fine-grained, and is 

 highly esteemed for its durability ; but it is difficult to procure 

 stalks of any considerable length with a uniform diameter. 



IMMORTALITY. 



Look nature through : 't is revolution all ; 



All change ; no death. Day follows night, and night 



The dying day ; stars rise, and set, and rise ; 



Earth takes th' example. See the summer gay, 



With her green chaplet, and ambrosial flowers, 



Droops into pallid autumn: winter grey, 



Horrid with frost, and turbulent with storm, 



Blows autumn and his golden fruits away, 



Then melts into the spring: soft spring, with breath 



Favonian, from warm chambers of the south, 



Recalls the first. All, to re-flourish, fades; 



As in a wheel, all sinks, to reascend. 



Emblems of man, \vho passes, not expires. 



YOUNG. 



Immortality o'ersweeps 



All pains, all tears, all time, all fears and peals 

 Like the eternal thunders of the deep 

 Into my ears this truth Thou liv'st for ever. 



BYRON. 



