gw^rf yimk 



lioustcinia la'rillca. NA-ntRAL Okdek: Rubiaccic — Madder J'dnii/y. 



ILLIAM HOUSTON, M. D., the friend and correspondent 



^j of the botanist Miller, has received the distinction of havin^r 



>the name of this elegant litde plant changed in his honor. 



It was formerly called Hedyotis from the Greek hedus, sweet, 



and oti\ to the ear, from its supposed value in curing deafness. 



Its flowers are a pale blue with a yellowish center, and when 



found in large patches, as it sometimes is, it gives the ground quite a 



coerulean tinge. The Dwarf Pinks are found usualh- in low, moist grounds 



by the roadsides and in the fields, blooming during most of the summer. 



Some of the other varieties have pink or white flowers. 



'T^HE bloom of opening flowers' unsullied beauty, 

 ■* Softness and sweetest innocence she wears, 

 And looks like nature in the world's first spring. 



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jels watch the good and innocen 

 ihere they gaze it must lie glorii 



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OPE 



Her 



sustain, and innocence impart 

 specific to tlie fearless heart. 



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SFORTUNE may 

 W'ho knows no gi 



PAIR sunbright scene! — 

 ^ (Not sunny all — ah! no) — I love to dwel 

 .Seeking repose and rest, on that green track, 

 Your fartliest verge, along whose primrose pal 



benight the wicked; she 



ilt, can sink beneath no fear. 



—Hnbbin^tou. 



Danced happy childhood, hand in hand with Joy, 

 And dove-eyed Innocence, (unwaken'd yet 

 Their younger sister Hope), while flowers sprang up 

 Printing the fiviry footsteps as they passed. 



— Mrs. Sonthey. 



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APPY the innocent whose equal thoughts 

 Are free from anguish .as thev are from faults. 



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