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pijlof SUbulata. Natural Order: Polcmoniacctt — Polc»io>iiiim Family. 



^|T is said that Drummond, an eminent botanist and collector 

 ^^^ l^ X'^ of flowers, on seeing some of the above in blossom, smiling 

 jj^^_ .''^W* ;ij^^^ among the barren pine-lands in New Jersey, exclaimed, "the 

 f;i^'^|n| ■^'•^ beauty of that alone is worth coming to America to see: it 

 ^^ is so splendid!" and truly they are beautiful. The Phlox is 



^ ^o»>''^^^^'^'%^ found on rockv hills, from New Jersey west to Kentucky 

 '^ -^t^ and south to Georgia, usually growing in clusters, and blooming in 



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 T<^ 



May. The flower is either pink or white, with a dark spot in the 

 'A'^^ center. The most handsome garden Phloxes are those called Phlox 

 ^_^ Drummondii, named after the above botanist, and probably derived 

 a*»,-^ from our native variet}'. The blossoms, arraying themselves in almost 

 ^^^'every concievable tint of the various colors, are charming to the eye. 

 (^^The Greek word p/ilox denotes flame. 



J in sickness, and i 

 nstant, when our 1( 



r\H: we will walk this world, 'yHE 



" Yok'd in all exercise of noble aim. ^ In 



HOr wast mv nurse in sickness, and my comforter in health, 

 So gentle and so constant, when our love was all our wealth. 



—Albert Pi/te. 



'HERE are two hearts whose nio\ements thrill 

 unison so closely sweet. 

 And so through those dark gates across the wild That pulse to pulse, responsive still. 

 That no man knows. Thev both must heave — or cease to beat. 



APTl'ROrS moment of full-fruited gleaning! 

 Rapturous blending of spirit with kin! 



e in the heavens but knoweth the meaning 

 Of tenderest mystery hidden within 

 This meeting of waters, this harvested sheen. 



—Mary B. Dodge. 



TTOW gladly, then, the days would glide. What peace our sheltered lives would hold. 



How faultlessly the nights would follow. What rest our placid hearts discover. 



With cadences of manv a tide While wind, and bird, and sea-wave told 



In many a cavern cool and hollow 1 The joys of lover and of lover! 



— Edgar Fav'Cett. 



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