■m 



gerticrrg. 



Dcvbcris nukiaviS. Natural Ordek: Bcrbcridacece — Bcrbci 



ROWN in our gardens as an ornament, this graceful, busliv 



shrub is very generally known. The leaves are a dark green, 



with serrated edges, each notch being bristly. The flowers 



ire yellow, hanging in small clusters. The fruit is brilliant 



ind attractive, of a bright scarlet in color, oblong in shape, 



J| '^ and appearing more like pendulous groups of coral ear-drops, 



than dn^ thing else. The leaves, as well as fruit, have a sharp acid 



taste, the latter being frequentlj- used for making jelly, while from the 



loot can be prepared a yellow dye. 





'T'HOSE hearts that start at once into a blaze, 



And open all their rage, like summer storms 

 At once discharged, grow cool again and calm. 



"ITTHEN anger rushes, unrestrain'd, to action, 

 '• Like a hot steed, it stumbles in its w.iy: 

 The man of thought strikes deepest, and strikes safest. 



11 /f Y rage is not malicious ; like a spark 

 ^'^ Of fire by steel enforc'd out of flinty 



LL furious as a favor'd child 



It is no sooner kindled, but extinct. 



A woman piqued, who has her 



-Goffe. 



still, 

 vill. 

 -Byron 



QHE is peevish, sullen, froward. 



Proud, disobedient, stubborn, lacking duty : 

 Neither regarding that she is my child. 

 Nor fearing me as if I were her father. 



—Shakespeare. 



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