g^mjeriiCiim gimitl^m. 



(Silia ;^lUCricana. Natural Order: Tiliacccv — Linden Family. 





VSSWOOD is the common name for this forest tree in our 



Northern States. It grows to a great height, and abounds in 



"y'a wholesome mucilaginous juice. Its tender young twigs 



are often pulled and eaten by school children for this prop- 



', erty. The inner bark is sometimes manufactured into rope. 



•':^ The wood is very soft and white, and is used for the paneling 



of carriages and in cabinet work, as it is easily wrought. 



The celebrated Russia matting is manufactured from a species of 



European Linden, while the East Indians rely upon the native species 



for their rice bags, fishing nets and lines. 



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"I17EDDED love is founded on esteem, 

 '• Which the fair merits of the mind engage, 

 For those are charms which never can decay ; 

 But time, which gives new whiteness to the swan, 

 Improves their luster. —Faiton. 



'T^HOUGH fools spurn Hymen's gentle powe 

 ■*■ We, who improve his golden hours, 



By sweet experience know 

 That marriage, rightly understood. 

 Gives to the tender and the good, 



A paradise below. —Cotton 



TJAVE I a wish.' 'tis all her own; 



All hers and mine are rolled in one — 



Our hearts are so entwined. 

 That like the ivy round the tree, 

 Bound up in closest amity, 



'Tis death to be disjoined. —Liiidhy Murray. 



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TEMPTING gold 

 In this our age 

 Than virtue, merit, c 



done 



nore marriages completes 



- the force of love. 



— Wandesford. 



still the woman take 

 An elder than herself; so wears she to hiin, 

 So sways she level in her husband's heart. 



— Shakespeare. 



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AT thou art is 

 Our state canno 

 One flesh; to lose the 



be scver'd ; we are one, 

 were to lose myself. 



—Milton. 



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