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SrexwaUia. 



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Bromallia rcrnilca. Xatikai, Ordeh: Scrop/ni/ariacav — Figzvort Fa7)iily. 



'ROM Peru and Brazil comes this delicate little annual, one 

 among- man}- recent additions to our gardens. It received 

 ^ Its name I'rom Linnaeus in honor of his intimate friend (who 

 \\as afterward his enemy), Johan Browall, bishop of Abo, 

 J in Sweden. It is about a foot high, and is delicate and 

 ^i) giaceful in appearance, being covered continually with innu- 

 ^ meiable flowers, which are very peculiar in shape, bearing a 

 tancitul resemblance to a salver with two deep indentations in the 

 sides. The plant is well calculated lor pot culture. The varieties are 

 white, rose, and a purplish blue. 



6nn Yc« iS^nr I'oufrlii? 



11 I Y crown is in my heart, not on my head; 



Not deck'd with diamonds and Indian stones, 

 Nor to be seen: my crown is call'd content; 

 A crown it is that seldom kings enjoy. 



r\ GRAXl 

 ^ Neither 



•JT me, heav'n, a middle state - 

 ither too humble nor too great: 

 More than enough for nature's ends, 

 With something left to treat mv friends. 



-Shakespeare. 



•"IT for greatness, I her snares defy, 

 nd look on riches with untainted eye. 



To others let. the glitt'ring baubles fall ; 



Content shall place tne far above them all. 



^^ And 



TJ.\PPY the life that in a peaceful stream. 



Obscure, unnoticed, through the vale has flow'd; 

 The heart that ne'er was charm'd by fortune's gleam 

 Is ever sweet contentment's blest abode. —Pera 



■\ if ERE store of money is not wealth, hut rather 

 ^ The proof of poverty and need of bread. 

 Like men themselves is the bright gold they gather; 

 It may be living, or it may be dead. 



It may be filled with love and life and vigor. 

 To guide the wearer, and to cheer the \v; 



It may be corpse-like in its weight and rigoi 

 Bending the bearer to his native ch 



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John Boyle O'Reilly. 



E honest poverty thy boasted wealth ; 

 So shall thy friendships be sincere, tho' few, 

 shall tliy sleep be sound, thy waking cheert-ul. 



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