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CLEMATIS. (Virgin's Bower.) Clots 18. Order 7. 



C Viririnica A g enus of about 3o species, distributed 

 0. rirgim over the world. Flowers white and pale 



blue. 



MENTAL BEAUTY. 



To later summer's fragrant breath 

 Clematis' feathery garlands dance, 

 And graceful there her fillets weaves. 



Smitk. 



SENTIMENT. 



Beauty has gone; but yet her mind is still 

 As beautiful as ever; still the play 

 Of light around her lips has every charm 

 Of childhood in its freshness. 



ANSWER, 



The days of youthful friendship, 

 When heart to heart is lightly bound 

 In rosy wreaths that bind them round, 



More beautiful than strong; 

 And, even in breaking, scatter flowers, 

 The rapid growth of sunny hours, 



That heal their wounds ere long. 



But dearer things than these do lie 

 Within our mortal grasp and earth 

 Hath not a moment from our birth, 



The cradle to the sod, 

 Like that, when freed from passion's sway, 

 The mind rejects a feebler stay, 



And rests its hopes on God. 



Mn. Well* 



