

3^|rric0t< 



IprUUUS ^nUfUiaca. Xatlral Order: Rosacea: — Rose Family. 



^ ^ -^> N the Apricot we have a tree that is thought to have origi- 

 i- ^ ^ nated in Armenia, but which is also found in the countries 

 ^4- # adjacent, and as far east as the Celestial Empire and Japan. 

 t|*^ ^ Its introduction into Europe is said to have been eflected by 

 Alexander the Great, since whose time it has been generally 



^ -^ cuhivated there. The tree is medium in size, being from 



tiltten to twenty feet high. The flowers are white, and make their 

 appearance in April or May, before the putting forth of the leaves. 

 The fruit is of a purplish-golden hue, from one to two inches in diameter, 

 and is palatable either to be eaten in its natural state or made into a 

 preserve or jelly. It is cultivated in some parts of the United States, 

 and thrives best in a temperate or warm climate. 



Ifiitpfalion. 



'T'O shun th' allurement is not hard 



To minds resolved, t'orewarn'd and 

 But wondrous difficult, wlien once beset. 

 To struggle through the straits and brea 



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i-mg net. —Dryden. 



T PICTURE easeful moments spent 

 Among broad, shadowy branches, lit'tin 



Their gloss to some pure firmament 



Where spheres of palid fleece are driftii 



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O fort can be so 



No fleshy breas 



; will at last be \' 



I see the flexuous vine-coil drowse, 

 The deep, dark mosses glimmer greenly 



And watch between close-tangled boughs 



The clear-curved breaker flashing keenl; 



— Edffar Fa~.vt 



strong, 



can armed be so sound, 

 on with batterv long. 



Or unawares at disadvantage found ; 

 Nothing is sure that grows on earthly ground — 



And who most trusts in ann of fleshy might, 

 And boasts in beauty's chain not to be bound, 



Doth soonest fall in disadventurous fight, 

 And yields his catifl^ neck to victors most despight. 





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