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(£ah)Cautl)US tlorillUS. Natural Order: Calycantliacca: — Calycanth Family. 



*^UR Southern States, more especiallj- the Carolinas, are the 

 n itive seats of tliis fragrant shrub, whence it is sometimes 

 I died Carolina Allspice. It is generally found in fertile soils 

 ilong water courses, is of a straggling growth, and does not 

 iltain a very great height — usually from three to four feet- 

 J onl}-. It is also frequently cultivated in gardens and shrub- 

 \^ beries, where it has received the praise of many for the odor of its 

 r^i^i^p) blossoms, which have a strawberry or fruit-like fragrance. The bark 

 when bioken also exhales a spicy perfume. The flowers are of a 

 dull, luiid purple, and bloom on very short stems. 





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f\ BLESSED bounty, giving all content! 

 ^ The only t'autress of all noble arts, 

 That lend'st success to every good intent, 

 A grace that rests in the most godlike hearts, 

 By heav'rt to none but happy souls infused, 

 Pitv it is that e'er thou wast abused. 



-Drayton. 



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row few, like thee, inquire the wretched out. 

 And court the offices of soft humanity ! 

 Like thee, reserve their raiment for the naked. 

 Reach out their bread to feed the crying orphan. 

 Or mix the pitying tears with those that weep! 



TT ALF his earn'd pittance to poor neighbors went: 

 They had his alms, and he had his content. 



■pROM thy new 

 Now lend ass 



— Walter Harte. 

 hope, and from thy growing store, 

 istance, and relieve the poor. 



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He that's liberal 

 To all alike may do good by chance. 

 But never out of judgment. 



DLIKE his unwearied bounty flows; 



First lo\-es to do, then lo\-es the good he does 



For his 1 



There was no winter in't; an autumn 'tv 

 That grew the more by reaping. 



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-Shakespeare. h 



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