whole 



. Ulalm Snlncstris. Natural Order: Malvacece — Mallow Fa7nily. 



\LUED at all times for their emollient properties (whence 



the name from the Greek malasso, I make soft, through the 



Latin )iialva\ the Mallows are a mucilaginous order of 



I 1 mts, allied to the hollyhock family. They are frequently 



found in rural gardens as ornaments. The above species is 



about three feet high, with purplish-red flowers, and is called 



High Mallow, to distinguish it from the Low Mallow, a prostrate 



t> species, the seeds of which children call cheeses. The Mallow crispa 

 _ is a veiy tall annual from Syria, with very large, roundish leaves, the 

 bordeis of which are adorned with a very full, crisped or curled 

 luffling, and would appear to advantage as a foliage plant in the 

 holders m summer. The Musk Mallow is from Great Britain, hav- 

 J \ei} pietty flowers of a rose color, blooming in midsummer; the 

 plant being pervaded b}- the od(ir from which it takes name. 



iij0bni$5» 



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OW far that 



IV /TORE sweet than odors caught by him who sail 



Near spicy shores of Araby the blest, 

 A thousand times more exquisitely sweet, 

 The freight of holy feeling which we meet 

 In thoughtful moments, wafted b}' the gales 

 From fields where good men walk, or bowers 

 Wherein they rest. —Wordinvorl/i. 



ed in a naughty world. 



S/iatesJiearr. 



pOOU, the more 



^ Communicated, more abundant grows; 



The author not impair'd, but honor'd more. 



—Milton. 



'pO be good is to 

 Are happier tha 



be happy ; angels 

 1 men because thev 



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j\ I AN should dare all tilings tliat he knows is right, 



And fear to do no act save what is wrong; 

 But guided safely by his inward light. 



And with a permanent belief, and strong, 

 In Him who is oiu- Father and our Friend, 

 He should walk steadfastly unto the end. 



— Phiebe Carey. 

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