gamriestiiit. 



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lliburiUllU iiliuUS, Natural Order: Capr/fo/iacccT — Honeysuckle Family. 



'^Tjj^J'IBURNUM or Laurestine is a fine, handsome, evergreen 



il^ shrub, a native of Europe, and in our Northern States is 



Vf -^ considered as more adapted for the house than the lawn, 



wheie It can be placed, in the Southern States. The flowers 



bloom in small clusters, and are scarcely a pure white, having a 



slight tinge of red; they appear in early spring. There is a new, 



sweet-scented variety from China, but it is said to bloom less freely. 



Some few others are also desirable, and no doubt in a few years they 



will become thoroughly hardy, as they lack but little of the required 



amount of vigor. 



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Y heart seems breaking, Philip, as I linger all alone, 

 And there comes no sound of comfort save the ocean's restless moan; 

 ?tretch my arms to heaven, and pray for your return, 

 the hope that dies, and the love that lives, can only pant and yearn. 



T^HERE, as she sought repose, her sorrowing heart 



Recall'd her absent love with bitter sighs; 

 Regret had deeply fix'd the poison'd dart, 

 Which ever rankling in her bosom lies: 

 In vain she seeks to close her wearv eves. 



-Christian ReiJ. 

 Those eyes still swim incessantly in tears; 

 Hope in her cheerless bosom fading dies. 

 Distracted by a thousand cruel fears. 

 While banish'd from his love forever she appears. 

 —Mrs. Tighe. 



A BOAT at midnight sent alone 



To drift upon the moonless sea, 

 A lute whose leading chord is gone, 

 A wounded bird that hath but one 

 Imperfect wing to soar upon. 

 Are like what I am without thee. 



■pAIR tree of winter! fresh and flowering, 



When all aroiuid is dead and drv ; 

 Whose ruby buds, though storms are lowering, 

 Spread their white blossoms to the sky. 



Green are thy leaves, more purely green 

 Through e\ery changing period seen : 

 And when the gaudy months are past, 

 Thy loveliest season is the last. —Mont!;omci 



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