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(LroUiuS (£urOfnruS. Natural Order: Ranunculacece—Cro~iVfoot Family. 



ERE and there in swamps throughout the north and west, 



*^ the Trollius laxus, or wild Globe Flower, may be found, but 



"" tlie varieties in cultivation are from abroad, Europe and Asia 



each furnishing its quota. They can be grown from seeds, 



yp^as well as by division of the roots. They are ornamental 



^jc-^ ~'' •■ l" plants, handsome in growth, with flowers varying through 



fjcthe different shades of yellow. The Japan Globe Flower belongs to 



'^ another class of plants, and is of shrubby growth, usually six or seven 



feet high. The flowers appear in small clusters near the ends- of the 



r-^ branches, being also yellow in color. 



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VJOT nobler are the hearts that work than hearts that only dream; 



For real, as the things that are, are all the things that seem. 

 The waters gleam among the hiljs, the mirage on the sands. 

 And vet alike both image forth the selfsame Maker's hands. 



— L. Bnice Moore, 



T^ANCY high commissioned; send her! 

 She has vassels to attend her; 



'T'ELL me where is fancy bred; 

 Or in the heart or in the head.' 



She will bring in spite of frost. 

 Beauties that the earth hath lost 

 She will bring thee, all together. 

 All delights of summer weather. 



-7<j/;« Keats. 



SILVERY haze hangs o'er the earth 



.'\nd through its 



We look in vain for summer's garb. 

 Or spring-tide's dewv green; 



How begot, how nourished.' 

 It is engendered in the eyes, 

 With gazing fed ; and fancy dies 

 In the cradle where it lies. 



—Shakespeare. 



PAN'CY is a fairy, that can hear. 



Ever, the melody of nature's voice. 

 And see all lovely visions that she will. 



—Mr.':. Osgood. 



Bright, gorgeous tints, like Tyrian dies. 



Gleam on the ravished siglit; 

 I fancy an enchanted realm 



Revealed in mystic light. —Sallie A. Brock. 

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