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5c^um aCVf. Xatluai. Order: Crassn/acdc — Orpine Family. 



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LAN rS ot this genus grow in very thin soil, sometimes in 



the crevices of bare rocks, and, as the Latin name indicates, 



'j would seem to be sitting there. The English Moss, which- 



lb so often called Wall Pepper, is frequently cultivated as a 



^ boi der for flower beds, and as an ornament to old walls, 



J^tht surface of which it soon covers, as it spreads rapidly 



-■ and 1 equn e*, so little for sustenance. The whole plant contains an 



Kiid juice The flowers are yellow. 



TTTHEN the whole host ot' hatred stood hard bv, 



To watch and mock thee slirinking, tliou hast sir 

 With a sedate and all-enduring eye; 



When fortune fled her spoiled and l;i\ orite child. 



He stood unbowed beneath the ills upon him piled. 



'T'HE star ot" the unconquered will 



He rises in my breast, 

 Serene, and resolute, and still, 

 And calm, and self-possessed. 



O fear not in a world like this. 

 And thou shall know ere long 



Know how sublime a thing it is 

 To sufter and be strong. 



T^RUE fortitude is seen in great exploits. 



That justice w-arrants, and that wisdom guides; 

 All else is tow-ering phrensy and distraction. 



-Addis, 





■^IRD your hearts with silent fortitude, 

 ^ Suftering yet hoping all things. 



-Mrs. Hem 



PORGETFUL of ourselves. 



Giving but little heed 

 To the confusing strife. 

 The winding ways of life, 

 careful of its anxious crv of need. 



T \ war was never lion's i 

 In peace, was never gen 



s rage so fierce; 



tie lamb more mild. 



-Shakes feurt. 



Thus we may meet the storm. 

 Still brave, and true, and strong; 

 And, like a golden chain, 

 Some lives may take the gain, 



.Some hearts be gladdened by our simple so 



