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g^jem0jpfeila. 



^'einopl)ila insitinis. Natural Order: Hydrophyllaccxe—Waterlcaf Family. 



EMOPHILA, meaning, in tlie Greek, lover of the grove, is a 



V"lo\v-growing, delicate, herbaceous plant, about six inches high, 



iid a' nati\e of California. The narrow leaves are notched 



tcph' on tlie sides, and are slightly downy; the flowers are 



small, but pretty, some being white with a purple spot on 



each petal, as if fairy hands had given each a pinch with 



md finger; another is blue, edged with white, and vice versa 



blue with a white center; altogether a dozen or more different 



uieties. The plants delight in shady grounds, making themselves 



iliiubly desirable on that account, and present a nice appearance as 



1 border for walks and margins of beds, or, if fancy dictate, they 



can be sown in a mass by themselves. 



yruspErifg, 



pvAME NATURE gave him comeliness anc 

 And Fortune, for a passport, gave him \v 



id health, 

 vealth. 



"IITHEN fortune raiseth to the greatest height, CVc both our fortunes, good and bad, we find 



The happy man should most suppress his state, ^ Prosperity more searching of the mind; 

 Expecting still a change of things to find. Felicity flies o'er the wall and fence. 



While misery keeps in with patience. 



And tearing when the gods appear too kind. 



—Sir Robert Hozrard. 



^ And purpl 



came smiling to 

 e greatness met n 



lonth, and woo'd 

 pen'd years. 



"PROSPERITY puts out unnumbered thoughts AJOW rising fortune elevates his mind. 



Of import high, and light divine, to man. He shines unclouded, and adorns mankind. 



—Toung. — Savage. 



■PvAILY and hourly proof 





Tell us, prosperity is at highest degree 



The fount and handle of calamity. 

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