gaccliaris, 



BaCCljariS l)alimtfolia. Xati-kal Order: Composite — Aslcr Family. 



J*^ HIS shrub is from six to twelve feet high, and grows usually 



in alluvial soil, which is washed up from the bed of the sea 



01 livers and deposited on the shore. A white dust covers 



the leaves and branches, and the flower heads that bear the 



seeds are furnished with long, slender hairs. The flowers 



aie white, with a tint of purple, and appear during the fall 



months It has sufficient beauty to recommend it for culti\ation. 



The name of this shrub is derived from Bacchus, the deit\- of wine 



and reveling, because its fragrance savors of wine. It is sometimes 



called Groundsel Tree, from its resemblance to the weedy plant of 



that name. 



TN what tlioii eal'st and drinkest seek from thence 



Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight; 

 So thou may'st live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop 

 Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease 

 Gather'd, not harshly pluck'i 



w 



INE 



s like anger; lor it makes us strong, 

 and impatient, and it leads us wrong; 

 The strength is quickly lost, we feel the error long. 



OHALL I, to please anotho 

 ^ Lose all mine own.' 



-Gm 



'T>HE joy which wine can give, like smoky fires. 

 Obscures their sight, whose fancy it inspires. 

 —Hi//. 



/^OULD every drunkard, ere he sits to dine. 

 Fee! in his head the dizzy fumes of wine, 

 No more would Bacchus chain the willing sou 

 But loathing horror shun the poison'd bowl. 



'pHOU sparkling bowl! thou sparkling bowl 

 Though lips of bards thy brim may press, 

 And eyes of beauty o'er thee roll, 



— Meriva/e. 



.\nd song and dance thy power confess, 



I will not touch thee I for there clings 



A scorpion to thy side, that stings. —•Jo/iu Pierpon 



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