Saponaria oft'uinalis. Nati'ral Order: Caryop/iy//accir — Pink Family, 



W ^ illl^ ^^ - •'^ doorvards of old-tashioned country houses, and by the 

 *• ^'. t * $' > ^ i^ roadsides throughout the country, this phuit may be tbund 



'''-^^t^ ^^!^in abundance. The phice of its nativity is Europe, but it 

 ., ^ O i ,^li. has long been naturalized in America. It is about two feet 



.^ nil—JL^^I high, of a succulent, herbaceous growth, and nearly allied 



^^■y^^'^J to the bunch pinks, though much coarser. The flowers 



^lT^^ bloom in clusters, and are the palest possible shade faltering between 



""^ pink and white. The root is perennial, and inclined to spread and 



fy become obtrusive. As one means of curtailing its obtrusiveness, its 

 .seeds, which are very fertile and abundant, should be clipped and de- 

 ^^r^stroved before thev ripen. The bruised stalks make a lather in water, 

 / "HI which quality gi\-es it the name of Soap\\ort in our vernacular, as w ell 

 Vii^ as its scientific appellation Saponaria, from the Latin sapo. soap. 



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SUDDEN rush from tlie stair 

 ^ .\ sudden raid from the hall, 

 ,' three doors Icit unguarded, 

 Thev enter mv castle wall. 



O'er the arms and back of m% 



If I try to escape, they surround 



Thev seem to be ever\\vliere. 



g.T. 



the sound g: 



the speakers drew more near — 

 Sweet, forgive me that I heard 



What you wished me not to hear. 



Elizabelh Bayrell Brm'inmg. 



11 ol an-, 

 ^ And every shape of earth. 

 And comes unbidden everywhere. 

 Like thought's mvsterious birth. 



'm. 



A L.\DY! In the narrow sp.ace 



^ Between the husband and the 



But nearest him — she showed a fac 



With dangers rife. —Jea 



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