0cmf)Cfnlnum tcrtciiuni. Natural Order: Crassulacece— Orpine Family. 



^^^'ARIOUS peculiar shapes are assumed by this and other 

 plants of the same class. Some grow erect like the com- 

 mon Orpine or Live-forever, while the Houseleek assumes 

 the shape of a rosette, each thick, pointed leaf arranged in the 

 'most sj'mmetrical order, all being so hardy that they survive the 

 most adverse treatment; growing in poor soil, or even on walls or 

 • housetops. Its name literally denotes, in Latin, the always ali\e of 

 roofs. The Echeveria, a native of California and Mexico, is the 

 handsomest of the family, as the leaves are co\ered with a tine 

 bloom, such as one sees on the cheek of a plum or a cluster of 

 reshl_\ -plucked grapes. The blossoms of some are scarlet, others 

 ire \ ellow. IManv of them are most excellent tor the Ax\ air of the 

 'sittmg-room, and do not require as much attention as most other house 

 or conservatory plants. 





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ER merry fit she freslilv 'gan to r 

 And did of joy and jollity devise, 



Herself to cherish and her guest to cheer. 



-Spen. 



'T'HE long carousal shakes th' illumined ha 

 ^ Well speeds alike the banquet and the bal 

 And the gay dance of bounding beauty's trail 

 Links grace and harmony in happiest chain. 



'T>HE seasons all had charms for 



'^ She welcomed each with joy ; 



The charm that in her spirit liv'd 



No changes could destroy. 



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'yEACH me half the gladness 

 That thy brain must know 

 Such harmonious madness 

 From my lips would flow, 

 n\A should listen then, as I am lis 



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