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FLORA'S LEXICON. 



RANBERRY. Oxycoccus. Class 8, OCTAN- 

 DRIA. Order : MONOGYNIA. This useful j 

 berry is very abundant in the United States. | 

 It commonly grows in and about the little j 

 pools of the swampy moorlands, and the ga- 

 therers are often obliged to wade into the 

 water to come at them, so that the pittance 

 they thus win is dearly earned. The botanical name is one of 

 odd sound but good meaning, being oxycoccus, from two Greek 

 words meaning acid and fruit. 



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HARDINESS. 



The Cranberry blossom dwelleth there 



Amid the mountains cold, 

 Seeming like a fairy gift 



Left on the dreary wold. 



Oh! and 'tis very beautiful, 



The flowers are pink and white, 



Arid the small oval polish'd leaves 

 Are evergreen and bright. 



'Tis such a wee, fair, dainty thing, 

 You'd think a greenhouse warm 



Would be its proper dwelling place, 

 Kept close from wind and storm. 



But on the moors it dwelleth free 

 Like a fearless mountain child ; 



With a rosy cheek, a lightsome look, 

 And a spirit strong and wild. 



The bushes all in water grow, 



In those small pools that lie 

 In scores among the turfy knolls 



On mountains broad and high. 



TWAMLEY. 



