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i^lltl)Oiautl)um OllCiratum. Natural Order: Graminca: — Grass Family. 



HAT is more delightful to the senses of one pent up amid 

 ^rthe brick and dust of a crowded citj' than to behold a spot 

 'of refreshing verdure? It rejoices the eye, and tills the 

 K soul with gladness. Who can look abroad at the waving 

 meadows and close-cropped pastures and not acknowledge the 

 beneficence of the all-wise Creator? No other color would be 

 so grateful to the vision, and no other color would always appear so 

 fresh and new. The grass, along with all grains, belongs to the exten- 

 sive order Gramineee, which contributes more to the sustenance of man 

 and beast than all others combined. It has an element of poetry in its 

 botanical name, which signifies sweetly-scented yellow flower; and has 

 for ages been considered an emblem of utility. 



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Unknown, unseen, 



'T'HUS is nature's vesture wrought, 

 To instruct our wandering thought; 



Thus she dresses green and gay, 



To dispense our cares away. —Dyer. 



VTOT enjoyment and not sorrow 



Is our destin'd end or way, 

 But to act that each tomorrow 



F'inds us farther than today. —Longfellow. 



'T^HE chiefest action for a man of spirit, 



Is never to be out of action; we should think 

 The soul was never put into the body. 

 Which has so many rare and curious pieces 

 Of mathematical motion, to stand still. 

 Virtue is ever sowing her seeds, —wehster. 



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HE even grass beneath our feet 

 Was something greener and more sv 

 Than that which grew below. 



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