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OBSTACLE. 



OX-EYE. Buphthalurum. 



Obstacles sharpen wishes ; and it may gene- 

 rally be observed, that where reasoning can- 

 not succeed, they have no other effect than 

 that of forwarding what they were intended 

 to protract. 



OBSTINACY. 



SMALL BINDWEED. Convolvulus Arvensis. 



" Convolvulus in streaked vases flush." 



Keats. 



" No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate." 



Pope. 



This humble plant is a most formidable 

 enemy to the husbandman, it being difficult 

 to dispossess it of the land it has once taken 



