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l\l)OLlOLl£U^l■OU luaiimuiu. Natural Order: Er/cacecv — /^ca(// Farnily. 



■'■*^"-^^!?^ NATIVE tree from ten to fifteen feet high, the Rosebay is 



, found principally in the Middle States. The leaves are thick 



Tand leathery when mature, and are about five or six inches 



in length. The flowers, which appear in July and August, 



^iV - y^dS are rose-color, frequently dotted with purple or yellow, and 



« ^appear in fine contrast to the evergreen foliage. The whole 



W^ genus delights in shady woodlands and cool swamps; indeed, their 



l'^^ geographical range is almost wholly confined to such localities or to 



^■' the summits of the highest mountains of Europe, Asia and America. 



Some of the foreign varieties are found in greenhouses, and are admired 



l^for their brilliancy and diversity of color. The yellow variety is from 



Siberia and the Caucasus mountains, where it grows in low bushes. 



Inlking, 



B 



E silent .always whe 

 And speak, though 



LP; 



LESS thou find occasion, hold thy tongue 

 Thyself or others careless talk m.ay \yrong. 



W 



doubt your sense, 



yith seeming diffidence. 



—Pope. 



HAT need there is to be reseryed in speech,' 

 And temper all our thoughts with charity. 



—Sir J. Denham. 



IS air, his voice, his looks, .and hones 

 Speak all so moyingly in his behalf, 

 I dare not ti-ust myself to hear him talk. 



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QHE spake in language whose strange melody 

 ^ Might not belong to earth. I heard, alone. 

 What made its music more melodious be — 

 The pity and the love of every tone. 



-Shellv. 



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-Addison. 



tongue will tell the anger of my heart; 

 Or else my heart, concealing it, will break: 

 And, rather than it shall, I vi'iW be free, 

 Even to the uttermost, as I please, in words. 



— Shakespeare. 



AS I listened to thee, 

 ^ The happy hours pass'd by us unperceived. 

 So was mv soul fixed to the soft enchantment. 

 -Rov 

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