€orallorl)na Oilontarljna. Naturai. Order: Orchldacetv — Orchis Fatnily. 



^N old woods, from Canada to Carolina and Kentucky, this 

 singular plant may be found. It consists in a collection of 

 ;"^^^ small, fleshy tubers, connecting and branching like coral, 

 *V U whence it is called Coral root, which is a literal translation 

 :^.> of its Greek botanical name; while odontorhiza in the same 

 - ^ language signifies tooth root. It has no leaves or verdant 

 luliaj^L, the flower stalk being fleshy, about a foot high, with a num- 

 ber of flowers in a long spike. The color of the blossom is brownish 

 green, with a white lip spotted with purple. It usually grows in old 

 woodlands throughout the northern and middle States. 



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C^ OOD 1 would now repay with gi-e.iter good, 

 ^ Remain Avithin — trust to thy household gods 

 And to my word for safety, if thou dost 

 As I now counsel — but if not, thou art lost! 



—Byrnit. 



K, speak, let terror strike slaves mute, \\^ '^'^^ stands upon a slippery pla 



h danger makes great heai'ts most resolute. Makes nice of no \ile hold to st;; 



1 Ai 



S have I shun'd the fire tor fear of burning; 

 nd drench'd me in the sea, where I am drown'd. 



/^UR dangers and delights are near allies; T^HE absent danger greater still appears, 



^^ From the same stem the rose and prickle rise. Less fears he who is near the thing he lea 



—AUyi,. —Damn 



'yHOU little know'st 



What he can brave, who, born and must 

 In danger's paths, has dared her worst ! 



—^rnnr,■. 



ATOW I will unclasp a secret book. As full of peril and advent'rous spirit, 



^ And to your quick-conceiving discontents As to o'erwalk a current, roaring loud. 



I'll read you matter deep and dangerous; On the imsteadfast footing of a spear! 



— Shakrspec 



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