^liifsia. 



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^lODSia citrioilOVa. Natural Order: J'crdc 



Family. 



"■ESERVING of all praise is the Aloysia, sometimes called 



Lemon Verbena. It is from Paraguay, and received its 



name in honor of Queen Mary Louisa, of Spain, the mother 



ul Ferdinand VII. It is cultivated as a greenhouse shrub, 



for the aromatic odor of its delicate leaves, the least touch of 



which yields the delightful fragrance of the lemon. Frequently it is 



Ipp placed in the ground in summer, and in a dry cellar in winter. It 



should be trimmed back in the spring before the leaf buds begin to 



start, as otherwise it is inclined to a straggling growth. The flowers 



are small, appearing in spikes. They seldom bloom in this latitude. 



The young branches are used by florists in bouquets. 



^[orgiiiEnjss, 



QOME grave their wrongs on marble; he, more just, 

 ^ Stoop'd down serene, and wrote them in the dust. 



— Dr. S. Madden. 



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LE yet we live, scarce one short hour perhaps, 

 Between us two let there be peace. —Milton 



TF there be 



^ One of you all that ever from my presence 

 I have with saddened heart unkindly sent, 

 I here, in meek repentance, of him crave 

 A brother's hand, in token of forgiveness. 



—Joanna BailUe. 



'CpiS easier for the generous to forgive 



Than for offense to ask it —T/iomfsut, 



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'NEEL not to me: 



The power that I have on you. 

 The malice toward you, to forgi\e 



to spare you ; 



And deal with others better. 

 ■pORGIVE and forget! why the world would be lonely. 



The garden a wilderness left to deform, 

 If the flowers but remember'd the chilling winds only, 



And the fields gave no verdure for fear of the storm. 



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TF ever any malice in your heart 

 Were hid against me, now torgive me frankly 

 —Shakesfeari 



— CJiarles Sit'oin. 

 HE narrow soul 

 Knows not the God-like glory of forgi' 



