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illirrtbilis iJiUitpu. Natural Order: Ayctaginacca — Four-o'clock Family. 



'i XiJ Pi^ ^ ^l^f^"^ *^ from the roots of this plant, which is a native of the 

 ^^ ^ ^L^Vi West hidies, that the Jalap of commerce is obtained. The 



' '^ ^ stem is about two feet high, having numerous branches, with 



^^i^ I smooth, oval, pointed leaves, and tuberous root. Its flowers 



^1 ji»J ^^ aie large, blooming in clusters, verj- sweet and fragrant, and 



^ ' * ■'Vi* \arious in colors. This, with the few species from Mexico, 



.^|f\ all open about the time of day their name indicates, and continue a 



>~M: pel feet succession of bloom during the whole summer. The plants 



^^^^ bloom bettei the second 3-ear, if the roots are removed to a dry cellar 



*^^||^ duiini; tht winter, kept from frost, and replanted in the spring. 



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>IME is a leathered thii 

 And whilst I praise 

 The sparkling of thy locks 

 Takes wing. 



ESTRE not to 

 How long we 



them ra\ 



long, but to live well ; 

 not years, but actions tell. 



iRT is long and time is fleeting. 



And our hearts, though stout and brave, 

 .Still, like muffled drums, are beating 

 Funeral inarches to the grave. 



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'pOUCII us gently, Tim 

 Let us glide down thy 



Gently 

 Thr 



lugh 



HME, as he passes, has a dove's wing, 



Unsoiled and swift, and of a silken sound. 



—Cmtfer. 



'imc! 'X'HE hours are viewless angels, 



A That still go gliding by, 

 ve sometimes glide And bear each minute's record up 



I quiet dream. To Him who .sits on high. 



—Brvaii W. Proctor. —C. P. Cranrli. 



■pVEX such is Time, that takes on trust 

 Our youth, our joys, our all we have, 

 And p.ays us with but age and dust; 

 Who in the dark and silent grave. 

 When wo ha^•o wandered all our ways. 

 Shuts up the story of our days! — Sir W. Ro trig h. 



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