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£ininantl)Cimini lacimosa. Natluial Ordeh: Gcntianacecv — Gentian Family. 



ins is a curious water plant, usually found in stagnant ponds 

 or quiet lakes, or even in rivers where the water has set 

 back in some hollow on its shore, and where the current 

 fails to stir its sleepy stillness. The leaves float on the sur- 

 face, the stems always accommodating their length to the 

 depth of the water. The flowers are small and white, from 

 half to three-quarters of an inch broad, and arranged in the form 

 an umbel, appearing one at a time on the top of the water and 

 g. It is sometimes called Floating Heart, and is found most 

 |uently in the States bordering on the Atlantic. Its botanical 

 ne is from the Greek lininc, a lake or pool, and mitheiiioii, a 

 wer; the Latin laciinom added, merely reduplicates the idea of 

 i^ pond or marsh. There are at present but nine species enumerated. 



TTOW much they err, who, to their interest bUnd, 



SHght the cahn peace which from retirement flows! 

 And while they think their fleeting joys to bind, 

 Banish the tranquil bliss which heav'n for man design'd. 



—Mrs. Tight. 



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■PVEAR solitary groves where peac 



Sweet harbors of pure love and innoccui 

 How willingly could I forever stray 



strear 



Beneath the sh.ade of your embraci 



ng green 



List'ning to the harmony of warbling birds, 



'T'HE shadowy desert, unfrequented woods, 



I better brook than flourishing, peopled towi 

 There I can sit alone, unseen of any, 

 And to the nightingale's complaining notes 

 Tune my distresses, and record my woes. 



— Shakci:peart 



Tun'd with the gentle murmur of 



Upon whose banks, in various livery, 



The fragrant offspring of the early year, [down. 



Their heads, like graceful swans, bent proudly 



.See their own beauties in the crystal flood. 



— Roche.^ter. 



ry\\ by thy side, 



^^ Far from the tumult and the throng of men, 

 And the vain cares that vex poor human life, 

 'Twere happiness to dwell alone with thee. 

 And the wide, solemn grandeur of the scene. 

 • —Mrs. Ellet. 



