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vlbutiloil !~luiccinur. Xatikai. Orpkh: Ma/vacciv — Mal/ow Family. 



^V.ESIDENTS bv natural selection of the warmer latitudes, the 

 Mallows bear the colder climates with an easy adaptability to 

 i f'^ltcni.umstances, and ta\'or us with their flowers without stint. 

 The plant, as the name indicates, is a native of the East and 

 West Indies, growing about the height of the hollj-hock, hav- 

 ^i ing broad, velvety leaves, and producing flowers about an inch 

 across, the color of which is yellow. Another species of Abutilon, adapted 

 ^only to house or conservatory growth, is a shrub from Brazil, growing 

 several feet in height, with broad, palmate leaves, and handsome, bell- 

 shaped flowers of yellow, curiously veined with a dark red. Planted in 

 the ground in the greenhouse, the trunk becomes several inches in thick- 

 ness, but can accommodate itself to limited quarters in pot culture. To 

 bloom well it must have the sun. The origin of the name Abutilon is 

 unknown; Avicenna was a celebrated Arabian physician and philosopher 

 of the middle ages. 



Jlslimalictn. 



QHE attracts me dail( 

 ^ So soft, and beautit" 



plant of hasty growth, 

 Tho' planted in esteem's deep-fixed soil, 

 The gradual culture of kind intercourse 

 Must bring it to perfection. —Joanna Baillk. 



vith her gent 

 and heavenl 



•pRIENDSHIP 



H' 



OW much to be . 

 On whom we can ahvays 

 Our jovs, when extended, wil 

 And griefs, when divided, are 



Hillhojise. 



priz'd and esteem'd is a friend, 

 th safety depend ! 

 dways increase. 



lush d mto peace. 

 -Mrs. Margaret Smith. 



'T'HOU gav'st me that the poor do give the poor, 



^ Kind words and holy wishes, and true tears; 

 The loved, the near of kin, could do no more. 



Who changed not with the gloom of varying years, 

 But chmg the closer when I stood forlorn. 

 And blunted slander's dart with their indignant scorn. 



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