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^Utigvamina Vl)i?0pl)ulla. Natural Order: Filices — Fcrn Family. 



HAT is more beautiful than the gracefullj- sweeping Fern, 

 lit clothes the ragged, rocky clitTs, hanging like so many 

 lumes from every crevice, to catch the moisture of the 

 1j iiiiiid spring that slips out to trickle over the green moss 

 ^^^;^ and hide in its bosom? Oh, marvelous is nature in her sim- 

 s pkst simplicity! The Walking Fern is one of the rare ones, 

 to be iound in locky woods. The frond or leaf is about six or seven 

 inches in length, and its peculiarity consists in bending the long, slender 

 tip backward until it reaches the ground, when it takes root, from which 

 a plant arises the following year. The botanical names were probably 

 given it because of its peculiarities, and denote, in Greek, root-leaved 

 counterpart or transcript. 



iuriosil^. 



>HE enquiring spirit will n 

 We would make certain 



>t be control I'd; 

 II, and all behold. 



— Sprafftti^. 



'pHE skic^^ in tht 

 ^ A cluster of 



stars hangs like fruit in the tree, 

 The fall of the water comes sweeter comes clearer; 

 To «hat art thou list'ning, and what dost thou see.' 

 Let the star-clusters glow, 

 Let the sweet waters tlow. 

 And cross quickly to me. 



— 'Jean Ingelmv. 



OEARCHING those edges of the universe, 

 We leave the central fields a fallow part; 



To feed the 

 And st.ir 



v-e more precious things amerce, 

 e the darkened heart. 



— Jrait Tilifelovj, 



'HRO' the buzzing crowd he threads his wav. 

 To catch the flying rumors of the dav. 



-Spra/rue. 



'URIOSITY! who hath not felt 



' Its spirit, and before its alt.ar knelt.' 





ONCEAL yersel' as we. 

 cal dissection ; 

 keek thro' everv other 



Wit 



lengthen 'd, sly 



— Spraffjte, 



•pUT love is such 



•L^ I cannot find it 



For when I think I' 



Then I am mos( 



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