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jJI)0^a^CU^l■ClU tlaUCSCCUS. Natural Order: Loranthacccc — Mistletoe Family. 



OUR hundred species or more of the Mistletoe are now 

 known to botanists. The leaves are thick and fleshy, the 

 ilowers a whitish \ellow, bearing a half transparent white 

 berry, with a sticky pulp. It is more abundant on elm trees 



V. than on any other, and only when it was found on the oak 

 . was it considered a sacred thing b}- the Druids, or priests 

 lo{ the ancient Britons; when so found, they had a great tri- 

 umphal procession to gather it, after which, with much solemnity, they 

 laid it on a white cloth, and divided it among the people as a charm 

 against disease. These plants are parasitic in nature, living on the 

 uices of the trees on which they rest. This particular species, the 

 American mistletoe, derives its name, which was given it by Nuttall, 

 from two Greek words denoting thievish tree. 



iltslntlcs io tic iucrtomc. 







UR natures 

 Yet still we 



ike oil : compound us with anything, 

 ve to swim upon the top. 



;ason together; 

 darken ahead: 



pOME, my soul, let u 

 ^ Come, for the shade 

 Care and sorrow tighten the tether, 



Life's sun through the mists grows dim and red. 



-Beaumont and Fletcher. 



Come, ere the long, low light of the summer 

 Fade to the brown of the autumn leaf: 



Come, lest the foot of the careless comer 



Lag weary in paths made rough with grief 



-Barton Grey. 



Great souls, 

 By natiu-e half divine, soar to the stars, 

 And liold a near acquaintance with the gods. 



TVTATURE, that framed 



of four elements. 

 Warring within our breasts for regimen. 

 Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds : 

 Our soul.s, whose faculties can comprehend 

 ■ondrous architechture of the world. 





And measure ev'ry wand'ring planet's course, 

 .Still climbing after knowledge infinite. 

 And always moving as the restless spheres. 

 Wills us to wear ourselves, and never rest 

 Until we reach the ripest fruit of all. 



