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(finjjripcMuiU pubrSCCns. Natural Order: Orchidacav — Orchis Family. 



OST of these plants delight in damp, marshy ground, revel- 

 ing beside brooks, bending over springs, hiding in the 

 ^csborders of woods, and sporting on the boundless 

 airie; dancing to the music of the wind or the rippling 

 water with as much grace and ease as Terpsichore herself. 

 ^ ^i'" Some of the blossoms of the species found in the western 

 oods are very large, especially the above variet}', which will 

 >ld at least two tablespoonfuls of fluid, and is of a bright j-ellow 

 coloi, with dark, spots within the aperture. The shape is sim- 

 J5>^ ilai to the blossoms of the Calceolarias of the greenhouse — that 

 like a pouch or bag. 



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'HEY know how fickle common lovers are, 

 Their oaths and vows are cautiously believed, 

 For lew there are but have been once deceived. 



—Dryde 



TIKE conquering tyrants you our breasts invade, 

 Where you are pleased to ravage for a while: 

 But soon you find new conquests out, and leave 

 The ravag'd province ruinate and bare. 



INCONSTANT as the passing wind. 



As winter's dreary trost unkind; 

 To fix her, 'twere a task as vain 

 To count the April drops of rain. 



OEPROVE me not that still I change 

 ^'- With every changing hour. 

 For glorious nature gives me leave 

 In wave, and cloud, and flower. 



Yon soft, light cloud, at morning hour. 

 Looked dark and full of tears: 



At noon it seemed a rosy flower — 

 Now gorgeous gold appears. 



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So yield I to the deepening light 

 That dawns around my way; 



Because you linger with the night. 

 Shall I my noon delay. 



—Frances S. Osgood. 



■ each day in mind, 



selves, ourselves to find. —Heath. 



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