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(HarilaminC l)irSUta. Xatirai. Order: Cnicijcrcv — Mustard Family. 



ROWING wild, this plant is tbund in various parts of the 

 ' United States, in some instances adding the name ot the State 

 in which the variet}- is produced to its own. It is also called 

 Cuckoo Flower, and Bitter Cress. It flourishes in wet places, 

 ' near streams or springs. The flowers are white and small. 

 ■ The blossoms of some of the other species are larger than 

 the abo\-e, and are frequently rose or purple in color. Its name is 

 tleri\ed trom kardia, heart, and damao, to overcome, alluding to some 

 supposed medicinal properties. 







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r\ii'- blest is the late of the one who hath tbund 



^ .Some loadstar to guide through the wilderness round; 



And such I have found, my beloved one, in thee, 



For thou art the star of the desert to me. —Samu.-l Lov, 



"yi.S his one hope — all else that round his li 



^ So fairly circles, scarce he values now; 

 The pride of name, a lot with blessings rife. 

 Determined friends, great gifts that him endow 

 Are shrunk to nothing in a woman's smile; 

 Counsel, reproof, entreaty, all are lost 

 Like windy waters, which their strength exhau 



T^O but look on her eyes! they do light 

 -'--' All that Love's world compriseth! 

 Do but look on her hair! it is bright 



As Love's star when it riseth! 

 Do but mark — her forehead 's smoother 



Than words that sooth her! 

 And from her arched brows such a grace 



Sheds itself through the face. 

 As alone there triumphs to the life. 

 All the gain, all the good of the elements' strife. 



fe And leave no impress; worldly lips revile 

 With sneer and stinging jibe, but idly by, 

 Unfelt, unhe.ird, the impatient .arrows fly; 



— Careless he joins a parasitic train. 



Fops, fools and flatterers, whom her arts enchain, 

 Nor counts aught base that m.iy to her pertain ; 



St Immersed in love — or what he deems is such. 

 —F. G. Tuckerinan. 



OH! tlien speak, thou fairest fair! 

 Kill not him that vows to serve thee; 

 But perfume this neighboring air 



Else dull silence sure will starve me; 

 'Tis a word that's quickly spoken, 

 Which, being restrained, a heart is broken. 

 — Beaumont and FJetrlifr. 



ALL nature fades extinct; and she alone 

 Heard, felt and seen, possesses every thought, 

 Fills every sense, and pants in every vein. 

 „. —Thompson. 



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