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OilUa luajov. Natural Order: Apocyiiacccc — Dogbane Family. 



;HESE pretty little trailing plants are allied to the stately 

 oleander, and are mostly found in the tropical or warm 

 climates. One of the species has variegated foliage, and is 

 an admirable plant for covering the ground beneath hedges 

 and other high-growing shrubs, giving a succession of bloom 

 during the whole summer. In cool latitudes it is grown in 

 pots, bemg readily propagated by slips. The Vinca minor is an ever- 

 green plant of straggling growth, the procumbent stems being several 

 feet in length, and threadlike, fully illustrating its Latin name, which 

 comes from vincio, I bind. The Vinca major is more erect in habit. 

 It requires much heat in winter, but does well in summer in a sunny 

 l5< border. The Madagascar Periwinkle is a very handsome upright 

 Ci'^-X'VI^ species, suitable for indoor culture, and has leaves of polished green, 

 A^^\^ and pretty white or rose-colored flowers, with a dark eye in the 

 center. All the species bloom freely, and are easily cultivated. 



FRIENDSHIP our only wealth, our List retreat and strength, 

 Secure against ill fortune and the world. —Ro-.ue. 



PEW are the hearts that have proved the truth 



Of their early affection's vow; 

 And let those few, the beloved of youth, 



Be dear in absence now. 



LAV this into your breas 

 ' Old friends, like old s^ 



O, vividly in their faithful breast 



Shall the gleam of remembrance play. 



Like the lingering light of the crimson v 

 When the sunbeam hath passed awav! 



— Horace Tv.'iss 



ords, still are trusted bes 



'T'HAT heart, methinks, [print VTES, the summer of life passes quickly away, 



W^ere of strange mold, which kept no cherish'd Soon the winter of age sheds its snow on the heart. 



But the warm sun of friendship that gilded youth's day 

 Shall still thro' the dark clouds a soft ray impart. 



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