m 



C^lamAime, 



^!Il)cli^onium inajus. 



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Xatukai. Okdek: Papaveracecc — Poppy Family. 



the fields, especially in moist places, as well as from beiiifr 



S'cultivated in gardens, is this plant of the poppv family. 



i/,' ^/\^f- ^^ is a fleshy herb, with leaves formed of leaflets arranged 



•'<^^'f<S} in pairs on a central stem, and one odd one to finish the 



UITE fami 



•ing wild bv the roadsides and in 



tip ; the}- 



of 



bluis 



green in color, and are 



I ;^ quite smooth The flowers are yellow. 



and are not lasting. Its 



^^v, name is deiived from the word chcUdo>i. the Greek name for the 



swallow, as it was supposed to blossom with the arri\al of that bird. 



It has become a naturalized plant in the United States, its nati\e 



place being Europe. 



'INHERE is a gentle element, and man 



May breathe it with a calm, unruffled soul, 

 And drink its living waters till his heart 

 Is pure; and this is liuman ha|ipiness. —Willis. 



TF solid happiness we prize. 



Within our breast the jewel lies, 

 .\nd they are fools who roam; 

 The world has nothing to bestow, 

 Frotn own selves our jo^'s must flow, 

 And that dear hut — our home. —Coti 



H' 



TTAPPINESS depends, as nature shows. 



Less on exterior things than most suppose ; 

 Vigilant over all that He has made. 

 Kind Providence attends with gracious aid, 

 Bids equity throughout His works prevail, 

 .^.nd weighs the nations in .m even scale. 



whose life e'en now 



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^J^^ 



Shows somewhat of that happier life to c( 

 Who, doomed to an obscure but tranquil state. 

 Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose 

 Would make his fate his choice; whom peare. 

 Of virtue, and whom \irtue, fruit of faith, 

 Prepare for happiness; bespeak him one 

 Content indeed to sojourn while he must 

 Below the >kies, hut having there Ills home. 



—Con/, 



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