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g^jcimjcipsis 



&i\a COrOHOpitolia. Natural Ordek: Polcmoniacccc — Pole 



Familv. 



1 L \USE of its finely pinnatifid foliage, nearly resembling the 



t\p:ess vine, this plant used to be, and perhaps is still, in 



some localities, called Standing Cypress; but it belongs to 



• mothei class of plants. It is a handsome plant, though not 



1 blooming until the second year. Seeds should be sown ever}- 



spiing for the ne.xt year's blooming, as should be done with 



ill bicnnialb, m older to have them every summer. The first year, the 



Ipomopsis rests like a tuft of finely-cut leaves close to the ground, and 



v^ should be iemo\ed and kept in sand free from moisture and hard frost, 



oi, il kit in the ground, the soil must be well drained, as they are liable 



^^ to deL^^ with much dampness. The second year, the stalk rises and 



branches, covering itself with thread-like foliage, while its tubular flowers 



of scarlet, yellow, or rose, surround its stems for a foot or more. 



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5 jumped the brook, he has cHinbed the knowe, 

 There 's never a faster loot, I know. 

 But still he seems to tarry. —SiJiuv Dobell. 



■pE not long, tor 

 -D Exquisite inter' 



the tedious minutes, 

 , I'm on the rack: 

 For sure the greatest evil man can know. 

 Bears no proportion to this dread suspense. 

 —Fm 



0': 



nnpatience gams upon my soul 

 Wlien the long-promis'd hour of joy draws near; 

 How slow the tardy moments seem to roll. 

 What specters rise of inconsistent fear. 



—Mrs. Tighe. 



r\ THAT man might know 



The end of this day's business, ere it come! 

 But it sufficeth that the day will end. 

 And then the end is known. —Slmkesfcarc. 



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tedious Is this dav, 



is the night before some festival 

 To an impatient child that liath new rolji 

 And mav not wear them. —Shaken 



AND 



there are hearts that watch and wait 

 For those who toil upon the shore: 

 Their welcome footstep at the gate 



Is heard — ah! nevermore! —Grorge Cooper. 





