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(JrupatOVium clciians. Natural Order: Compositor — Aster Family. 



jr^^^^r^ "ERY few of these plants are under cultivation, and though 

 i' the species is quite numerous, they are with few exceptions 

 / entirely unattractive. The Eupatorium elegans is admitted 

 to the greenhouse for its Iragrant flowers, which are white: 

 the Eupatorium aromaticum, also admired for its odor, has 

 floweis of the same color, which bloom in the fall. The boneset 

 and hoai hound belong to this same family, and, though useful, are 

 homely herbs. They are said to have been named tor Mithridates 

 the Great (^also called Eupator, that is, of a noble father, or well 

 born), king of Pontus, who brought about a war with the Romans, 

 and when conquered by Pompey, and conspired against by his own 

 son, Pharnaces, rather than be taken prisoner by the Romans, com- 

 mitted suicide by taking poison, b. c. 6t,. 



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H, my good lord, that comfort comes too late: 

 'Tis like a pardon after execution. —Shakespei 



'T'.HINK not tomorrow still shall be your car 



Alas! tomorrow like today will fare. 

 Reflect that yesterday 's tomorrow's o'er, — 

 Thus one "tomorrow," one "tomorrow" more 

 Ha\e seen long years before them fade away, 

 And still appear no nearer than today. 



-Giffoyd. 



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* And falls, 



TJOIST up sail while gale doth last. 



Tide and wind stay no man's pleasin-e: 

 Seek not time when time is past, 



Sober speed is wisdom's leisure. 

 After-wits are dearly bought. 

 Let thy fore-wit guide thy thought. 



:s princely, but it comes too 

 like sunbeams, on 



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5IOX to do what is 

 Seals a commission to a blank of danger; 

 And danger, like an ague, subtly taints 

 Even then when we sit idly in the sun. 



-Sliakfspear,: 



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E came too late! Neglect had tried 

 Her constancy too long; 

 Her lo\e had yielded to her pride. 

 And tlie deep sense of wrong. 



— Elizabeth Bogarl. 



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