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fscallouia VUbva. Natural Okdek: Saxijragacccc — Sax/fraj^c Family. 



UlTE an acquisition to the flora of our Southern States will 

 |\ ^ be made whenever these plants shall become naturalized 

 |.y^ there. They are native of South America, and are con- 

 / fined exclusively to mountainous regions. In cold climates 

 \Z->-- *-J \ all the Escallonias (of which there are about seven genera 

 ,i.'*- and sixty species) are confined entirely to the greenhouse or con- 

 servatory, but where the temperature is warm or comparati\'ely mild 

 they sur^•ive the winter in open air. They are shrubby in growth; 

 the leaves are evergreen, appearing alternately on each side of the 

 branches; the blossoms are scarlet, white or pink, and are delicate 

 and waxy in texture. The plants require a light and friable soil, and 

 are said to bloom and thrive best when planted in the ground in the 

 conservatory. 



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OPINION i- that 

 WliJ.-h rule.; Hi.. 



high and miglity daiiK- 

 Which rules tlie world; and in the mind doth frame 

 Distaste or liking; for, in human race, 

 She makes the fancy various as the face. 



r\H, breath of public praise, 



^ Short-lived and vain! oft gain'd without des( 



rvPINION, the blind goddess of 

 ^ To the virtuous, and onlv frit 

 Undeserving persons. 



TTE lov'd his kind, Init sought the love of few; T ET not opinion make thy judgment e 

 ^ ^ And valued old opinions more than new. ^ The evening conquest crowns the co 



As often lost 



tools, 

 friend to 



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■\7'ET in opinions look not always back; /^PINION governs ;dl mankind, 



1 Your wake is nothing, mind the co.ning track. ^' Like the blind's leading of the blind. 



r\ll, he sits on high in all the people's 

 ^^ And that which would appear offense 

 His countenance, like richest alchemy. 

 Will change to virtue and to worthiness. 

 -Sim. 



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