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(!3ciltiailrt acciulis. Natural Order: Gcntianacca: — Gentian Family. 



ENTIAN is a plant of excellent tonic and febrifuge properties, 

 which are said to have been first discovered by Gentius, king 

 of ancient lUyria, in whose honor it was named. It is found 

 abundantly in the Western States, where the land lies low and 

 IS more or less moist, which soil seems most congenial to its 

 '*• giowth. It is not unusual to find acres of land dotted freely 

 its blue blossoms, particularly in openings in the woods. Besides 

 oui natne plants, we have other specimens from Wales, Australia, and 

 the Alps The two from the first-named countries have blue flowers, 

 the latter j-ellow ones. The more dwarf varieties are the best adapted 

 for rock culture. 



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[RM and resolved by sterling worth to gain 

 Love and respect, thou shall not strive in vain. 



Sir S. E. Brydge. 



r\ HOW thy worth with manners may I sing, 

 ^-^ When thou art all the better part of me? 

 What can mine own praise to mine own self bring? 

 And what is "t but mine own, when I praise thee? 

 — Shakespeare. 



ALL that is best of beauty is its dower, 

 ''■ All that is pure in piet\- its bequest, 

 The subtle spring of truth, the soul of power. 

 It gives our dreams their scope, our life its zest. 



-Isidore G. Asc/icr. 



T KNOW transplanted human worth 

 Will bloom to profit otherwhere. 



qPHERE is a joy in worth, 



A high, mysterious, soul-pervading charm, 

 \\'hich, never daunted, ever bright and warm. 

 Mocks at the idle, shadowy ills of earth, 

 .\mid the gloom is bright, and tranquil in the storn 

 —Robert T. Conrad. 



"yLS what the heart adores, where'er the eye 

 Doth rest, on ocean, earth, or in the sky; 

 For love ne'er worships willingly a blot, 

 But looks for what is pure, for what is fair, 

 For what is good, as heaven and angels are. 



'—SalUe A. Brock. 



■DEAUTIES that from worth arise. 



Are like the grace of deities. 

 Still present with us, though unsighted. 



-Sir 



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