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SEVERITY, OR RIGOUR. 



BRANCH OF THORNS. 

 " Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth." 



"Spare the rod and spoil the child/' is a 

 proverb happily gone out of favour, since it 

 has been so generally known that birch ma- 

 nure produces those sour and obstinate weeds 

 that destroy the fair flowers from which we 

 might otherwise have expected agreeable fruit. 



SLEEP OF THE HEART. 



WHITE POPPY. Papaver Somniforum. 



" From the poppy I have ta'en 

 Mortal's balm, and mortal's bane ! 

 Juice, that creeping through the heart, 

 Deadens ev'ry sense of smart." 



Mrs. M. Robinson. 



This somniferous plant, which mitigates 

 pain, damps also the energies of the mind, 



