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Xcrimu (Olmnili-r. Xaituai. Order: ApocyitacciC — Dogbane Family. 



ROWING erect and branching regularly, this tall evergreen 

 shiub keeps a good shape with very little attention. The 

 most common species have rose-colored, single or double 

 flowers, while some of the others are red, striped, crimson 

 and white, and one pure white, partly double. The flowers 

 Jf * ol the latter are apt to scorch it" too much exposed to the 

 burnmg i<us ot" a midda}- sun when in bloom. All of these varieties 

 aie ndtues ot the Le\ant and some parts of Palestine, growing near 

 sti earns in those localities, but are quite common in house cultivation 

 in \meric i, being placed out of doors in summer. In Florida it is 

 tound in swamp}^ lands, attaining the size of a tree. The Oleander 

 belongs to a very poisonous family, and no part should be placed in 

 the mouth, as instances of occasional fatality are on record. 



TET no man know tliv business save 

 .\ man of mind. 



-Bailey. 



T F light wrongs 

 •I No more shall 



great; it" 



OEWARE of desperate steps; the darkest day, 

 O Live till tomorrow, will have passed aw.i_v. 

 —Co:eper. 



tew, not ma 

 There 's naught so sacred with us but may f 

 A sacrilegious person; yet the thing is T''XCERTATX ways unsafest are. 



reach it. And doubt a greater mischiet' than despai 



-^louso,,. ' ^Sir J. De„l,am 



No less divine 'cause the profane 



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EN tlv betimes, for onlv the\ 



-yHOSE edges 

 A sober mo( 



soonest turn that are most keen, 

 moderation stands sure. 

 No violent extremes endure. 



A VALIANT m.in 

 •' *^ Ouglit not to unc 



tempt a dang 



id bv selected 



—Aleyii 



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EAT not a furnace for your foe so hot 

 That it diitli singe yourself —Shake.<:pmre. 



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