ff0rje0|rsi0. 



(loiCOpsis tilUtaria. Natural Order: Compositcc — Aster Family. 



\XY are the varieties of this truly handsome annual, which 



y \ tlei i\ t s its name from two Greek words, koi'is, a bug, and 



j'^ ^^flt apsis, appearance. The flov/ers are about an inch or an 



k7/ inch and a half in diameter, and in shape like a diminutive 



^. sunHower, the rays or petals being yellow, crimson, maroon 



-"* *\md led; or yellow with one of the darker colors forming a 



lick at the base. They bloom profusely during the whole sum- 



\-f]\ \ ^ mer. The plants are delicate in growth and are about two feet 



high. They are natives of all the Southern States. 



COULD 30U chain the bhtht- waves dancing wild in tlieir glee? 

 Could you check the glad niockbird his carol repeating, 

 Hold the laughing leaves still that are tiuttering free, 



Or the sungleams that o'er the green meadows are fleeting.' 



And why is mv voice attuned like a lute 



To the music that all things ai-ound me are feeling. 

 If its voice in that concert alone must be mute. 



If I shut out the doctrine of nature': 



vealing? 



n OWS of liqu 

 ^ How they s 



0",: 



-Elizabeth 

 ly delight 

 ill of timci 



F. Ellel. 



lid eves in laughter, 

 flimmer, how thev ciui\-er 

 Sparkling one another after. 



Like bright ripples on a river. 

 Tipsy band of rubious faces. 



Flushed with Joy's ethereal spirit. 

 Make your mocks and sly grimaces 

 .\t Love's self, and do not fear it. 



— George Darlew 



AND her against sweet cheerfulness was placed. 



Whose eves like twinkling stars in evening clear 

 Were deck't with smyles, that all sad humors chased, 

 And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced 



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ivrap the soul 

 sadness.' 



And paint our cheeks \vith gladness; 

 What if hope tells a "flattering tale," 



And mocks us by deceiving, 

 'Tis better far to be content, — 



There's nothing made bv grieving. 



