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jnimulus mOStljatUS. Natural Order: Scrophitlariacc<E—Fig'.vort Family. 



UT few things in nature have the odor of musk, particularly 

 in the vegetable kingdom; and this little, unobtrusive plant, 

 so delicate and fragile, is cultivated tor this property, other- 

 wise it would be passed by for its more showy sisters; yet 

 its blossoms look like drops of yellow gold among its pale- 

 green leaves. It is a native of Oregon. The other varieties 

 "^■^ of the Mimulus are grown for their curious and striking flowers, 

 which are usually yellow, velvety, and spotted with crimson, maroon, or 

 brown. They are well adapted for garden or house culture, but require 

 p moisture, and a little shelter from the scorching sun. Mimulus is derived 

 ^ from the Greek minw^ signifying an ape, from the grinning appearance 

 of the corolla. Another variety is known as the Mimulus ringens, or 

 Monke^'-flower. 



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HUNDRED thousand welcomes! I could weep, 

 And I could laugh; I am light, and heavy; welcome. 



'T^HERE 'S not a fiber in my trembling frame 

 That does not vibrate when thy step draws near; 

 There 's not a pulse that throbs not when I hear 



Thy \oice, thy breathing, nay, thy very name. 



—Frances Kemble Butler. 



—Shakespeare. 



"IITHEN lovers meet in adverse hour, 



'Tis like a sun-glimpse through a shower, 

 A watery ray an instant seen, 

 Then darkly-closing clouds between. 



—Scoii. 



AND doth not a meeting like this make amends 

 ■'^ For all the long years I've been wand'ring away- 

 To see thus around me my youth's early friends. 

 As smiling and kind as in that happy d.iy? 



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E joy of meeting p.\vs the pangs of absence, 



thou hast appointed me 

 ill I meet with thee. 



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