|pl)alai"t3 (llanavtmsi!:'. X\Trii.\i. Okokk: (rramlnciv — Grass FaniiJy. 



LRIVING Its name from the Greek word pinilaris., meaning 



white oi biilliant. as the seeds are shining and smooth, the 



Canan Giass is a native of the Canary Islands, and its 



seeds loim the chief food of the delightful little Canary bird, 



well as some other small wild birds. It is sometimes found 



spaiingH natui allied in the tields in America. There is a native plant 



belonging to the same genus found in low, wet grounds and ditches, 



known technically as the Phalaris arundinacea, or Reed Canarv Grass, 



and familiarly as Ribbon Grass. 



Ers^uirantt. 



A TTEMPT 

 ^ Nothing 



rXEMPT the end, and never stand to doubt; 

 hard, but searcli will tint! it on 



T7EW things are possible to listless indolence 



But unto him whose soul is in his task, 

 (Who scorns 'mid ease or sloth to bask 

 'Pill if •> accomplished), there is no chance. 

 No prison ^\'hich long in din^ance 

 Can keep success; the unconquerable will 

 Bends all before it ; pierces through each maze 



li 



I EVOLT 



good resolve, 

 venly hope attending it. 

 And fair and pleasant thoughts involve 



TJOW noble is a 

 ^ There's heaven 



Impenetrable to superficial gaze. 

 Encounters every obstacle and still 

 Bears ofi" from each the palm; then, human soul. 

 If for some noble object thou dost strive 

 And wouldst triumphant reach the final goal, 

 .Swerve not aside ere yet thou dost arrive; [trol. 

 ize He patient, faithful, firm, and even fate shall not con. 

 —James Walker. 



reant when pm-suit is brave, 



chase what we ci-ave. 



^^rarl„^,,. 



A latent bliss befriending it: — 

 If strong the strife and great the pain. 

 Greater 's the triumph — fry again. 



—Jo/n, Szi'aiii. 



doth 



PERSEVERANCE is a Roman virtue. 



That wins each godlike act, and plucks 



E'en from the spear-proof crest of rugged 



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