IKl^i^fmimig grille* 



Siabioaa atropuriJUrca. Natural Okder: Dlpsacecv— Teasel Family. 



()URXI\G BRIDE (Sweet Scabious) is a perennial plant, 

 hut <is It is onh- half-hardy in the Northern climate, and 

 -o. blooms the first season, it is sown ev^ery summer and 

 li illowcd to perish with the frost; although it would be 

 woith the trial to see if some light protection would not 

 --iNe It. as most perennial plants bloom better when the 

 I well established. For many years it has been a favorite 

 fc( gaiden ilowei, being neat in habit, with very pretty tapering foliage 

 and desiiable blossoms. The buds are bunched together like a 

 1>>^ semi-spheiiLal cushion, the rounded side up, the lower row of 

 llf^', floietb ot which open first, and, when all are' expanded, fairly 

 crowd each other for room. They are velvety in texture, and in 

 f some of the purples and maroons the colors are so intense that 

 H the e\'e can scarcely penetrate the depth of their tints, as they are 

 only a shade or two from being black; hence the epithet, atropurpurea, or dark 

 purple. There are some light varieties, also white. They have the odor of 

 musk. 



UnfcrlunHlo ^Hntl^mcnl. 



T HAVE thrust .iwav in s 

 I h.Tve laid to rest each 



ilence e.ach loving thought of you; 

 memory, so tender and so true ; 

 I have prayed upon my bended knees for power to forget. 



And the answer to that prayer is this- 



lo\t 



I'ou, lov 



NEED not say how, one b\- one. 

 Love's flowers have dropp'd from o 



And that they cannot bloom aga 



N< 



[OT one sigh shall tell my story. 

 Not one tear my cheek shall stair 

 Silent grief sliall be my glory — 



Grief that stoops not to complain. 



TTNHAPPY he, 



ho lets a tender heart, 

 Bound to him by the ties of earliest love. 

 Fall froin him by his own neglect, and die, 

 C [ Because it met no kindness. —Perchal. 



IH me! I thought you loved 

 Our human e 



well - 



s are blind ; 

 only re.ids life's parable, 

 Who never looks behind. —Barton Grey, 



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