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fjcrtentilla. 



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Ipotcntilla fanilOSa. Natukai. Order: Rosacece—Rose Family. 



!*(>HE habit of this plant, being similar to that of the straw- 

 / berry, renders it superior for rock work, or the adornment 

 of hanging-baskets; and some of the larger kinds, being free 

 bloomers, make a very nice appearance when placed in the 

 shrubbery borders. The flowers are various as well as 

 handsome, being rose-colored, scarlet, yellow, and scarlet 

 and buft' combined, continuing in bloom from five to six months. 

 One of the native species is sometimes called Cinquefoil, or Five- 

 finger; and the plant is used medicinally for its astringent and tonic 

 pioperties, but scarcely merits its name (from the Latin poteiis, 

 ]">owerful), as it is rather a mild astringent. Although called hard}' 

 ennials, they are the better for some light protection in winter. 



'pHOU art my daughtci- — nevei" loved a^ now — 



^ Thou mountain maid — thou child of liberty! 

 Urilda! well from Uri's height I named thee, 

 Free as its breezes — purer than its snows. 



— Matiiriji. 



O EASON masters every sense, 



SHE comforts all her mother's d.ays, 

 And with her sweet, obedient ways 

 She makes her labor light; 

 So sweet to hear, so fair to see! 

 O, she is much too good for me. 



— 'Jenn Tn^elozv. 



A' 



ND a stranger when ht 

 In the street, even, sn 

 Just as you would at 



And all voices that address her 

 Soften, sleeken every word. 

 As if speaking to a bird. 



— Afrs, Brozt<niii£', 



