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CiictmB--Sixiil.^. 



(Jlcmis flagtlltfannis. 



Natural Order: Cactaccic — Cactus Family. 



HIP oi ^nake Cactus, as it is familiarly called, is from the 

 \\ II id plains of South America. The stem is about hall' an 

 T' inch in diameter, having ten angles, and attaining the 

 J I length of five or six feet. It is much too frail to stand 

 , alone, and should be supported on a trellis or tied to an 

 *^j^l , upiight stick. The flowers are extremely handsome, coming 



^jK^^ out fiom the clusteis of spines that adorn the stem. The tube is long 

 ^^f^ and skridei, and the petals a brilliant pink, remaining in perfection a 

 ^aC& number of dajs, when the}- are succeeded continuously by others for 

 "^^i^^' se\'eral weeks. 



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T FEEL my sinews slacken'd with the fright, 



^ And .1 cold sweat thrills down all o'er mv limbs, 



As if I were dissolving; into water —Dryd.ii. 



'l'lj''HEN the sun sets, shadows that show'd at noon 

 But small appear most long and terrible; 



So when we think fate hovers o'er our heads, 

 Our apprehensions shoot bevond all bounds. _ 



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T TIS hand did quake 



And tremble like a leaf of aspen green, 

 And troubled blood through his pale face was seen 

 As it a running messenger had been, —s/eiiser. 



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EXT him was fear, all arm'd from top to toe. 

 Yet thought himself not safe enough thereby, 

 But fear'd each shadow moving to or fro. 

 And his own arms when glittering he did spy, 

 Or clashing heard, he fast away did fly; 

 As ashes pale of hue, and winged heel'd. 

 And evermore on danger fix'd his eye, 

 'Gainst whom he always bent a brazen shield. 

 Which his right hand un.armed fe.irfullv did wield. 



-Sfenser. 



AGIN,\TION frames events unknown T AM fearful ; wherefore frowns 



n wild fantastic shapes of hideous ruin, 'Tis an aspect of terror. All 



1 what it fears creates ! —Hannah More. 



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s not well. 

 'Shaktsfeare 



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