jjtronia offuinalis. Xaturai. Order: Raitiiiici/lacciV — Croufoot Family. 



HE Pajony is supposed to have derived its name from 

 Pa^on, a disciple of ^sculapius, who used it for the healing 

 of Pluto, thereby arousing the jealous feelings of his pre- 

 ceptor, so much so indeed that he compassed his death. 

 Both the root and leaves are used in medicine as an anti- 

 spasmodic and tonic. The flowers are very large and 

 y in all the species. The common variety is a native of Switzer- 

 land; the white, of Tartary; the Siberian, as its name indicates, of 

 Siberia. The Chinese Pzeony is a shrub from three to four feet 

 high, with ample foliage, and verj' large, brilliant, fragrant flowers. 

 They are mostly hardy, except in extreme northern latitudes, and 

 oduce various colored blossoms. 



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HAME sticks ever close to the ribs of honoi-, 

 Great men are never found after it. 



—MiddMon. 



TTTHEX knaves and fools combined o'er a 

 When justice halts and right begins t( 

 Even the boldest start from public sneers, 

 Afraid of shame, unknown to other fears. 



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>HAT hol.v shame, 

 What clear renowi 

 Whose blush remains 



vhich ne'er forgets 

 it us'd to wear; 

 i-hen virtue sets, 



pONFOUND me not 

 ^ The blood that warn 

 To fill mv cheeks with 



T CAN bear scorpion stings, tread fields of fire. 



In frozen gulfs of cold, eternal lie; 

 Be toss'd aloft through tracts of endless void. 

 But cannot live in shame. —'Joanna Baillu. 



To show her sunshine has been there. 



\- trembling heart, 

 les. -Traf. 



'T'HE mind that broods o'er guilty w 



Is like a scorpion girt by fire; 

 In circle narrowing as it glows. 

 The flames around their captive close. 





*OME seek to salve their blotted name 



' W'ith others' blot, till all do taste of shame. 



—Sir P. Sidney. 



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