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(IrutOCa Xiisciba. Natural Order: Hydrofhyllacca: — Water leaf Family 



VLIFORNIA is the native seat of this charming little annual, 



which has proved quite attractive and desirable for the various 



shades of the blue flowers, which retain their freshness well 



when severed from the plant for bouquets. There is some 



diversity in their habit, some being erect or almost so, and 



others are represented in botanical works as nearly procum- 



icnt. The flowers are tubular bell-shaped, about an inch long, blooming 



in racemes. There are a few novelties in this genus with different 



colored floweis, some of which are biennials. They bloom freely, but 



require a light soil. 



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AND his gift, though poor and I 

 Yet may prove an angel holv 



ACCEPT of tliis; and could I add beside 

 ^^ What wealth the rich Peruvian mountains hide; 

 If all the gems in eastern rocks were mine, 

 On thee alone their glittering pride should shine. 

 —Lyttlelon. 



it may seem to other eyes, 

 a pilgrim's guise. —Whittier. 



T FORM'D for thee a small bouquet, 



A keepsake near thy heart to lay. 

 Because 'tis there, I know full well 

 That charity and kindness dwell. 



QHE prizes not such trifles as these are: 



The gifts she looks from me are pack'd and lock'd 

 Up in my heart, which I have given already. 

 But not delivered. —Shakesfenn: 



T GAVE the jewel from my breast, 

 A She played with it a little while 



As I sailed dow: 

 Fed bv he 



Then weary of it — far from land, 



With sigh as deep as destiny. 



She let it drop from her fair hand 



Into the sea. — yean Ing^eloiu. 



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IN her 

 Dumb 



ith gifts, if slie respects 

 ■wels often, in their sile 



vords ; 



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voman's mind. 



^Shakespeare. 



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