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^ricrt O^Orttta. Natural Order: Ericacece — Heath Family. 



E tind but few Heaths among the plants of a mixed green- 

 house, as the idea prevails that they require a particular 

 ■> atmosphere and condition of temperature to grow them 

 fl o w ell In Europe, houses are devoted exxlusiyely to their 

 ,,if,.... The British Heaths grow in bleak and barren places, 

 '- md aie utilized b}^ the poorer class to thatch their cabins, who, 

 ike the poor of every nation, are driven by necessity to make use of 

 ill the gitts of nature, when they can so ill afford the gifts of art. The 

 most cherished Heaths come from Southern Africa, of which there are 

 several hundred in cultivation. Anyone who has torn a fern from its 

 pi ice in a wild retreat, has noticed its hair-like roots. This is the case 

 with the Heath: and a desideratum of its culture is that its roots must 

 never become dry. neither must it rest in sodden soil; for once dry, the 

 foliage becomes sere and brown bejond recovery, and too much water decays 

 the roots. 



luHiubit. 



QWEET, solitary life! lovely, dumb joy, 



That need'st no warnings how to grow more wise 

 By other men's mishaps, nor the anno}- 



Which from sore wrongs done to one's self doth rise ; 

 The morning's second mansion, truth's first friend. 



Never acquainted with the world's vain broils. 

 When the whole day to our own use we spend. 



And our dear time no fierce ambition spoils. 



-Eayl of Arnnn,,. 



p\II! to lie down in wilds apart, 

 ^^ Where man is seldom seen or heard, 

 In still and ancient forests, where 

 Mows not his scythe, plows not his share, 

 With the shv deer and cooing bird! 



To go, in dreariness of mood. 



O'er a lone heath, that spreads 

 A solitude like a silent sea. 

 Where rises not a hut or tree. 



The wide-embracing skv its bou 



