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jji'tuiua aiilClltca. Natural Order: Solanacac — Nightshade Family. 



1 L()\GIMG to the same order of plants as the tobacco, the 

 I'ttunia IS a nati\e of South America, and derives its name 

 ti im piliiii, a name for tobacco among the aborigines of 

 qu u ter. Of late years tbreign florists have taken infinite 

 s to improve it b}' hybridizing, and have succeeded in 

 ])i(Klucino some that are most exquisite in color, being plain, 

 blotched, or striped, and nearly as double as a rose. This has 

 onh been accomplished after numerous discouragements. As the double 

 "K ^'^^''^ rarely produce seeds, and should they do so would seldom ^•ield 

 double flowers in return, the mode of procedure has been to take the 

 jioiicn oi iiie double flower and apply it to the stigma of the nex'er- 

 l.liliIl^ siiij^le flow(.T, ha\ing prexiouslv removed the pollen of the latter, 

 riie plants must then be grown and allowed to ripen under cover, to be sure 

 that no bee or truant insect, searching for hidden sweets, shall shake ofl" from its 

 tiny legs any of the pollen that may have adhered while wantoning over single 

 blossoms. 



\tt^ 'Xniit promises. 



IV /I Y deeds and speeches, sir, 



Are lines drawn from one center; what I 



'T'HE man that is not in the enemies" pow'r 



Nor fetter'd by misfortune, and breaks pron- 



Degrades himself; he never can pretend 



To honor more. 



— Sir Robert Slnphi 



pvIVINEST creature! bright Astrea's daughter! 

 "-^^ How shall I honor thee for this success.' 

 Thy promises are like Adonis's gardens, 



itful were the next 



— Sliakespfare. 



That one day bloom 'd, and 





JET not thy tongue too often bind th; 



To render deeds unto thv foe or IV 



For words once utter'd thou must erst 



Lest sweetest friendship have inglor 



will, 

 .■nd, 

 fulfill, 



For hearts once lighten'd by a promise giv'n. 



May sink too low for rescue shouldst thou fail. 



As ships reach not the port for which they've striv'n 

 Except a favoring wind their sails prevail. 



-C. //. T. 



