glailAjeriimt. 



Stapljjllca tfifcilia. Natl'rai. Oudek: Sapindaccie — Soapberry Family. 



ECl \A \R to this handsome shrub, found in various sections 



,ol the United States, are the bladder-like capsules or pods, 



/fiom which it derives its name, and in which are contained the 



seeds or nuts. These are hard, bon}^ smooth and polished. 



; The Howers, which bloom in JMay, are white and hang in 



'^V'^''h"'t. pendulous clusters, somewhat like bunches of grapes. 



\\heni.t; the scientific Greek name, Staphylea. It grows to the 



height ot SIX, eight, or even ten feet, chieflv in low lands, in moist 



woods, amongst the underbrush. The wood is firm and white, and 



well adapted for cabinet work. 



J^ IrifHng i^nratb? 



OH ! there are some 

 Can trifle, in cold vanity, witli all 

 The warm soul's precious throbs; to whom it is 

 A triumph, that a fond, devoted heart 

 Is breaking for them; who can bear to call 

 Young flowers into beauty, and then crush them. 



— Letitia E. London. 



AROUND him some 



>us circle thrown 

 Repell'd approach and show'd him still alone; 

 Upon his eye sat something of reproof". 

 That kept at least trivolity aloof. —Byron. 



TJE was perfumed like a milliner: 



And twixt his finger and his thumb he held 

 A pouncet-box, which, ever and anon 

 He gave his nose — 

 .\nd still he smiled and talked; 

 And as the soldiers bare dead bodies bv. 

 He called them " untaught knaves unmannerly. 

 To bring a slovenly, unhandsome corse 

 Betwixt the wind and his nobility." —S/iak,:</:eare. 



eet 



VrOU oftentimes can mark upon the 



The gilded toy whom fashion idol 



Heartless and fickle, swelled with self- 



.\voiding alway what good sense advises. 



— W. H. 



'T'HE joy that vain amusement gives. 



O. sad conclusions that it brings, 

 The honey of a crowded hive, 



Defended by a thousand stings. 

 'Tis thus the world rewards the fools 



That live upon her treacherous smiles, 

 .She leads them blindfold by her rules. 

 .\nd ruins all wliom she beguiles. 



— Copper, 



