frtle* 



fllnitus COlUlUUnis. Natural Order: My rtacex— Myrtle Family. 



ij ■ Til ENS adopted the Afyrtle as an emblem of municipal 

 ^ autiiorit}', and the victors in the Olympic games were crowned 



^' ^ with wreaths of it; it was also sacred to Venus, the goddess 

 of love, and her temples were encompassed with groves of 

 ^ iVIyrtle. We find in Virgil, that in Baiae (a small town in 

 > C'.impania, on the coast between Cumae and Puteoli, a 

 iLiort of the Romans on account of its warm baths and 



*^^ 1 l\ Ol lit 



pleasant location), "there was a large Myrtle grove, where a warm, 

 sudorific vapor rose from the earth." King Faunus beat Bona Dea, 

 his wife, to death with myrtle rods, because she lowered the dignity of 

 a queen by becoming intoxicated with wine. He afterward repented 

 his severity, deified, and paid her divine honors. It is a handsome, 

 ornamental evergreen shrub, grown usually in the greenhouse, and was 

 much admired by the ancients for its elegance and fragrance. 



Jutij, 



dost thv 



powt 



r\H. love! thou 



^-' And wilt not bear a rival in thv reign; 



Tvrants and thou all fellowship disdain. 



TOVE 



L^ A, 



^E knoweth everv form of air, 

 And every shape of earth ; 

 And comes, unbidden, everywhere, 

 Like thought's mysterious birth. 



— iriV/is. 

 SUBTLE, unbound power, 

 That slips the soul from it 

 And makes 



-Drydc-i 

 OVE 



a pearl of purest hue, 

 ^-^ But stormy wa\es are round it, 

 And dearly may a woman rue 

 The hour that first she found it. 



—A/:'ss Laiidott. 



A 





'pRUE, ah! true, and well I mark 

 All your words would teach — 

 And my soul beyond the dark 

 Stretches forth to reach 



buoyant and lighter than air. 



—C. H. T. 

 Faith yet fuller, more complete. 



While my lips attest 

 It is love makes heaven sweet — 

 Love is jitore than rest! 



-Mmv B. 





