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APOCYNUM. (Indian Hemp.) Clatt 5. Ordtr 



//., tfVtY/>/;im * There are several pecies of 



Hypenajoliwn. 



.India, 

 and the Cape of Good Hope. 



FALSEHOOD. 



I bid thee of this fair smiling friend beware, 

 And say the false Jipocynwn is there. 



Darwin. 



SENTIMENT. 



Touch not the hand they stretch to you ; 



The falsely proffered cup put by: 

 Will you believe a coward true? 



Or taste the poison draught to die ? 



Their friendship is a lurking snare ; 



Their honor but an idle breath ; 

 Their smile the smile that traitors wear; 



Their love is hate, their life is death. 



W. O. Si*** 



