Jriimila grailMtlora. Natural Order: Primulaccx — Primrose Family. 



^NE of the first floral pages in the spring volume of nature 



may be said to be occupied by the Primroses, as they early 



peep from the ground, showing their blossoms in April; hence 



-, the name, from the Latin primus, first. They are natives of 



p;lg Europe, and by cultivation have been made double, and of a 



"uA^SD variety of colors, while in their wild state they are single and 



S^^il^^ ^ yellow. In greenhouses the}' are made to bloom in winter, and are 



^J'1%£L^ gems for window culture, also. They bloom abundantly, and are so 



^il'V'^P'^'^^ in their tints, and so delicate in their structure, as to make them 



^•||il, ^ perfectl}- charming to the amateur, as well as to the professional florist. 



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■y'OUTH lias sprightliness and fire to boast, 

 *- That in the valley of decline are lost; 

 And virtue with peculiar charms appears, 

 Crowned with the garland of life's blooming years. 



— Co-.vper. 



AH! happy breasts! unknown to pain, Nor dream of woe or future guile; 



I would not spoil your joys; For soon shall ye awaken'd find 



Nor vainly teach you to complain The joys of life's sad, thorny way, 



Of life's delusive toys. But fading flowerets of a day, 

 Be jocund still, still sport and smile. Cut down by every wind. —Bidlalie. 



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FIVE, that thy voung and glowing breast 



Can think of death without a sigh ; 

 And be assured that life is best 

 Which finds us least afraid to die. 



—EIha Cook. 



TITHAT is youth.' A smiling sorrc 

 ^^ Blithe today, and sad tomorrow 

 Never fixed, forever ranging, 



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-•■ The land of jov lies all belbre his eves. • , 



