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Cupinus JJCilnpl)nlluS. Natural Okdeii: Lcguminosa:— Pulse Family. 



MONG our handsomest native plants, the Lupines find a 

 p recognized place, more especially the above, which is a iine 

 ''*^ariety from Oregon. Its height is from three to four feet, 

 the foliage soft and silky, and the flowers yellow, purple, or 

 ,'.>^ white. There are numerous other varieties from different 

 j'l'^parts of the United States, both annual and perennial. The 

 ^Lupinus mutabilis (changeable) is from South America, and is said to 

 be changeable in the color of its blossoms. The ancients used a spe- 

 cies of Lupine for food, thinking it strengthened the intellect; and on 

 the stage the seeds were used by the plaj^ers instead of real money. 

 The Latin name signifies wolfish, from lupus, a wolf, as it absorbs the 

 fertility of the soil, to the detriment of other things; and polyphyllus, 

 from the Greek, denotes many-leaved. 



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Tcrattousnsss. 



'T>HE turnpike road 

 Lies through theii 



T 'M quite ashamed — 'tis mighty rude 



To eat so much — but all's so good 



I hav 



Mv lord alone kr 



thousand thanks to giv 



people's hearts, I find, 

 mouths, or I mistake mankind. 

 —Dr. Walcot. 



holydav; provide me better cheer; 

 'Tis holydav ; and shall be round the year ; 

 Shall I my household gods and genius cheat. 

 To make him rich who grudges me my meat? 



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*OiSrE men are born to feast, and not to fi< 

 Whose sluggish mind, e'en in fair honor's 



Still on their dinner tun 



DEVOND the sense 



Of light refection, at the genial board 

 Indulge not often; nor protract the feast 



—Joaiiim Bnillie. 



To dull satiety; till soft and slow 



A drowsy death creeps on th' expansive soul, 



Oppress'd and smother'd the celestial fire. 



VTOT all on books their criticism waste, 

 •'■ ' The genius of a dish some justly taste. 

 And eat their way to fame. —Yomig. 



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