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tiobiuia pSCUbacacia. Natural Order: Leguminoscv — Pulse Family. 



OIUM \ the botanical name of the Locust, is derived from the 

 L itiniztd surname of John Robin, an eminent botanist enjoying 

 I ^<^* tile pationage of Louis XIV., and was bestowed in honor of his 

 iicmoij, and pseudacacia denotes false acacia. There are no 

 extensive forests of this tree on the American continent, but 

 It IS found mixed with other trees in various localities. It is 

 I ii planted for groves and shade trees around rural residences. The 

 : i^e, though small, is beautiful, and during the spring an abundance 

 of tiagrant blossoms burden the air with their perfume. The wood is 

 sometimes used in the mechanical arts, being hard, close grained and 

 durable. 



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'UCH is life: all fair today, dark tomorrow, dull and gray; 



Changing ever, like the moon, or the fleecy clouds of Jun 



-/. H. Clinch. 



'T'HUS doth the ever-changing course of things 



Run a perpetual circle, ever turning; 

 And that same day that highest glory brings. 

 Brings us unto the point of back-returning 



-D^jniel. 



P'RE mirth can well her comedy begin, 

 '-' The tragic demon oft comes thundering i 

 Confounds the actors, damps the merry show 

 And turns the loudest laugh to deepest woe. 

 — HV/w 



r^H! life is a waste of wearisome hours, 

 ^-^ Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns; 

 And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers. 

 Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorn. 



T.S there no constancy in earthly things.' 



No h.appincss in us but what must alter: 

 No life, without the heavv load of fortune? 



What miseries we are, and to ourselv 

 Ev'n tlien when full content seems tc 

 What daily sores and sorrows. 



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*HE pang that wrings the heart today 

 Time's touch will heal tomorrow. 



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