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Siimpis alba. Natural Order: Crucifcra:— Mustard Family. 



I'EIVED into this country probabl}- from German}- or England, 

 It is a very ancient European herb, it has always been 

 ^teemed as a condiment for the table and for its excellent 

 medical qualities. It is exceedingly prolific, and wherever once 

 sown, will take care of its own reproduction. In England 

 '"'■-'- it is cultivated in quantities for its seed, and on a small scale 

 ^,«^^^ m some parts of America. It is sometimes grown in hotbeds as a salad, 

 ^H ^^ and the \ outig leaves of the garden Mustard are frequently boiled as 

 ^C ' green.s. It .sends up a strong, branching stalk, about four feet high, 

 ^^jl_^^ whiili i.s in summer covered with numerous small, sulphur-colored flowers. 

 Tlie seeds are formed in small, delicate pods, which, when ripe, burst, and 

 '''^ let their contents scatter o\'er the ground. The seeds are very pungent 

 to the taste; but those of the Sinapis nigra, or Black Mustard, are still 

 more so: the flour of mustard, the form in which it is used as a condi- 

 ment, is a combination of both — two-fifths black, and three-filths white. The 

 pungency is developed only where the flour is brought under the influence of water. 



Inhifbr^nti 



ALA.S! my lord, i 

 •'*■ I could suggest 

 Than those regards 



T ET me this fondness from my bosom tear; 



Let me forget that e'er I thought her fair; 

 Come, cool indifterence, and heal my breast; 



alking would prevail, 

 uch better arguments 

 lu throw away on me. 



Wearied, at length, I seek thy downy rest — 

 Not all her arts my ste.ady soul shall move, 

 And she shall find indifterence conquers love 



GRACIOUS person; but yet I cannot love him: 



He 



?ht ha^ 



T)UT in those lands where people are, 

 '^ Few men at all take any heed; 

 While still he sings, and from afar, 



,er long ago. 



— Shake.tpeare. 



.So beautiful is the song, indeed 

 That twilight loiters hours to hear, 

 Eavesdropping with a roseate ear. 



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