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®0riam£jer. 



(Horianilrum Satinum. Natural Order: 'Umbellifciw — Parsley Family. 



^ ORTIONS of Southern Europe along the coast of the Medi- 

 terranean, and the East generally, are the native seats of the 

 Coriander in a wild state; but the cultivated varieties are to 

 be found in all countries. The seeds, for which it is grown, 

 ] are very aromatic, and are used by confectioners in manufac- 

 t!r|q;turing man}' of their sweets, they being passed through some 

 4 pioeess by which their exterior is covered with a coating of sugar, 

 each seed still retaining its individualitj^ The leaves of the plant are 

 much divided; the flowers are white, grouped in umbels, and bloom in 

 the month of July. 



H. 



glide, 



'T'HE sweet eye-glances that like 



The charming smiles that rob sense from the heart, 

 The lovely pleasaunce, and the lofty pride, 



Cannot expressed be by any art. —Spenser. 



/^H! how much more doth beauty beauteous 

 ^ By that sweet ornament which truth doth 

 The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem 

 For that sweet odor which doth in it live. 



H 



APPEN what there can, I will be just; 



That shall go with me and before me still. 

 And glad me doing well, though I hear ill 



H 



'pHE noble mi 

 No fortune': 



OE thou the first, true merit to befriend; 



^ His praise is lost who waits till all commend. 



—Pope. 



WITHOUT the stamp of merit, let none presume Tl/fERIT like his, the fortune of the mind, 



To wear undeserved dignit% 



Beggars all wealth. 



-Tlw. 





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