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PINK, WHITE OR VARIEGATED. Clou 10. Order 

 Dianthus albus, or varietagus. ^ntifuUarietiJ'S 



the Dianthus. The 

 root of this genus be- 

 ing perennial, it is 

 easily cultivated, and 

 is very ornamental. 



YOU ARE FAIR AND FASCINATING. 



Deep in the grove beneath the secret shade, 

 A various wreath of odorous flowers she made, 

 Gay motley ed Pinks and sweet Jonquils she chose, 

 All sweet to sense 

 The finished chaplet well adorned her hair. 



Shentton*. 



SENTIMENT. 



Oh fairest of the rural maids, 

 Thy birth was in the forest shades; 

 Green boughs and glimpses of the sky 

 Were all that met thy infant eye. 



Thy sports, thy wanderings, when a child, 

 Were ever in the sylvan wild, 

 And all the beauty of the place 

 Is in thy heart, and on thy face. 



The twilight of the trees and rocks 

 Is in the light shade of thy locks: 

 Thy step is as the wind, that weaves 

 Its playful way among the leaves. 



Thy eyes are springs, in whose serene 

 And silent waters heaven is seen; 

 Their lashes are the herbs, that look 

 On their young figures in the brook. 



The forest depths, by foot unpressed, 

 Are not more sinless than thy breast; 

 The holy peace that fills the air 

 Of those calm solitudes, is there. 



14 .Bryant 



