lUcseia lutcala. Natural Okder: Rescdacccc — Mignonette Family. 



""NOWN familiarly as the Dyer's Weed, but botanically by the 



Latin words reseda, from its medicinal value in assuaging pain, 



and Iiiteola, yellow, from the dye which it furnishes, sometimes 



(.ailed Dutch pink, this plant is of the same species as our 



- well-known garden favorite, the mignonette. Both are mostly 



natne on the coast of the Mediterranean; this one, however, 



I y^j, h.Ls become partially naturalized in the United States. It is said 



that its flowers follow the course of the sun, inclining east, south and 



west bv day, and north by night. 



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|jsign. 



HEN men's intents are wicked, their guilt haunts them, 

 But when they are just, they're armed, and notliing dai 



ints thi 



pURPOSE is but the slave to memory, 



Of violent birth, but poor validity-; 

 Which now like fruits unripe, stick on the tree. 

 But fall unshaken when they mellow be. 



— S/ta^cspeare. 



—.Viddlcton. 

 Lidden do commonly 

 Proceed from fierce necessity : or else 

 From some oblique design, which is asham'd 

 To show itself in the public road. 



ACTIONS rare and 



-Sir Wm. Dai 



VrOU have sent so many posts 



Of undertakings, they outride performance 

 And make me think your fair pretences aim 

 At some intended ill, which my prevention 

 Must strive to avert. —Nabh. 



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ONE.ST designs justl; 



resemble our devotions, 

 and wait for the reward. 

 -Sir Roh-rl HnwarJ. 



W, 



HEN any great design thou dost intend. 

 Think on the means, the manner and the end. 



—D.-liliam. 



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■pRING, therefore, all the forces that you may. 



And lay incessant battery to her heart; 

 Plaints, prayers, vows, ruth, and sorrow, and dismav. 

 These engines can the proudest love convert. ~Sfe, 



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