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SAFFRON Clots 17. Order 1. Indigenous 



Carthamus tinctorius. Europe and India. Flowers 



yellow. The species coerulius 



baa blue flowers. 



MARRIAGE. 



They shall wear 



The Bridal Saffron; all their locks shall bloom 

 With garlands; and their blazing nuptial torches, 

 And hymeneal songs, prepare the way. 



MUman. 



SENTIMENT. 



Far from the home of thy young days, 



Thy lot calls thee; 

 Far from the looks of love that girdled round 



Thy infancy. 



Thou givest up thy unstained heart, 



A priceless dower; 

 Its treasures lavishing, as summer clouds 



Their fulness pour. 



Thy smile shall fill thy husband's home 



With sunlike rays; 

 And on that virgin brow shall light 



The matron's grace. 



The thought of duties well performed 



Shall wing thine hours; 

 And new affections in thy heart 



Shall spring like flowers. 



JV. E. Magazint, VaL EL 



