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HoUSTONlA. (American Daisy.) Class 4. Order 1. 



Iloustonia. ^T" 1 cl ""'r "' tho , Unile i, Sui(;9 ' ^ 



dolicate and pretty plant. Flowers pale 

 blue, (irows on a nuked, sli-ndcr foot- 

 stalk, only u tew inches in height. 



CONTENT. 



Sweet flower, thou tellest how hearts 

 As pure and tender as thy leaf as low 

 And humble as thy stein, will surely know 

 The joy that peace imparts. 



Ptrcival 



SENTIMENT. 



Blest are the pure and simple hearts, 



Unconsciously refined, 

 By the free gifts that Heaven imparts 



Through nature to the mind; 

 Not all the pleasures wealth can buy 

 Equal their happy destiny. 



For them the spring unfolds her flowers, 



For them the summer glows; 

 And autumn's gold and purple bowers, 



.And winter's stainless snows 

 Come gifted with a charm to them, 

 Richer than monarch's diadem. 



Mrt. Wtllt. 



ANSWER. 



Happy the life, that in a peaceful stream, 

 Obscure, unnoticed through the vale has flowed; 

 The heart that ne'er was charmed by fortune's gleam 

 Is ever sweet contentment's blest abode. 



PercivaL 



