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®Mma gustier --5j^'^^'M.e. 



(JIallistCf)l)US (!ll)iucnStS. Natural Order: Coinpositcc — Aster Family. 



HE Chinese are exceedingly fond of flowers, and often take 

 exquisite pains in their cultivation, the Aster being one of their 

 especial favorites. With infinite patience they place the various 

 colors so as to form, according to their taste, an artistic mass in 

 gardens and pleasure grounds. The varieties now supplied by 

 seedsmen are numerous, the colors the most perfect that one 

 could wish, and filled with petals to the center. They bloom from 

 dsummer until late in the autumn, or until frost sets its sharp teeth 

 in their prodigal blossoms. On the approach of winter, those that 

 have unexpanded buds can be lifted and transferred to the house, 

 and if wasted flowers are clipped will remain in bloom some time. 

 The scientific name is derived from the Greek, and signifies beau- 

 tiful crown. 



Pcunli|, 



■lirH.\T vou desire 

 *'* To be desir'd t( 

 That of his fortunes 

 To lean upon. 



of liini, lu- partly begs 

 give. It much would pleas 

 vou would make a stafl" 



-Shake. 



TARGE was his bounty, and his soul sincere; 

 ^' Heaven did a recompense as largely send; 



TN all places, then, and in all seasons. 

 Flowers expand their light and soul-like 



He gave to misery 

 He gain'd tVom hea\- 



ill he h.ad — a tear; 

 n— 'twas all ho wished. 



, by most persuasive reasons, 

 they are to human things. 



—Longjellovj: 



*UCH luoderation with thv bountv join 





A ND, more than all, ve speak 

 ^ Of might and power, of mercy, of the On 

 Eternal, who hath strew'd you fair and meek. 

 To glisten in the sun ; 



To gladden all the earth 

 With bright and beauteous emblems of His grace. 

 That showers its gifts of uncomputed worth 



In every clime and place. 



— Mary Anne Brovjne. 



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