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filtailtljUS Dampitri. Natural Order: Legnminosie — Pulse Fatnily. 



T is but a few years since this beautiful flower was first 

 introduced into Europe and the United States from New 



? Zealand, and, as it was at first considered a delicate plant 



to cultivate, it commanded a very high price, and was with 



difficulty persuaded to bloom. The trouble was too much 



care. It is now grown from seeds, requiring a well-drained 



soil, and only a reasonable supply of water, as too liberal drenching 



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J^ causes it to decay at the root. The leaves grow in pairs opposite 



J 4- each other, similar to the pea family, to which class it belongs. The 

 \ flowers appear in clusters of about half a dozen, each being from two 

 ^J/i^ to three inches long, and of a rich scarlet, with an intensely black 

 ^KSfe blotch in the center. 



(lorittns J$3ui^, 



TTER eyes, her lips, her cheeks, her shape, her features, 

 ■*■ Seem to be drawn by love's own hands, by love 

 Himself in love. —Dryderi. 



'T^HE beautiful are never desolate, TTEART on her lips, and soul within her eyes, 



•'■ But some one always loves them. Soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies. 



— Bailey. — Byron. 



ITER grace of motion and of look, the smooth 



And swimming majesty of step and tread, 

 The symmetry of form and feature, set 

 The soul afloat, even like delicious airs 

 Of flute or harp. —Milman. 



QHE has such wondrous- eyes, The lustrous depths that stir 



The saints in paradise With rhythmic rise and fall. 



Must veil their own from her. To hide her heart from all — 

 Around her snow-white neck / hold a hidden key 



Great pearls, like foam-bells fleck, To ope the gates, ma mid 



—Edvjard Renaud, 



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