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Rllta Civancolcns. Natural Order; Rutacc,F — Ri(c Fatnily. 



j^LANTS of this order are usuall}' found in the warmer parts 

 of the Eastern Hemisphere and the tropical parts of Soutli 

 flC'C^^^W ^^merica. The name Rute is of Peloponnesian origin, and is 

 ^l^ J. yy\ tiequently mentioned by both ancient Greek and Latin au- 

 thors; while peganon was apparentl}- the synonym elsewhere 

 YJ^^'- " I,' m Greece. The whole plant is pervaded by an intensely 

 ^^.^C\^ bittei element and an ungrateful odor, though it has several qualities 

 that lendei it useful in medicine, among which are its tonic and febri- 

 K^ iugal pioperties. It is a very hardy shrub, frequently cultivated in 

 I^Xt gardens, growing about three feet high, and from June to September 

 produces flowers of a dull yellow color, in loose clusters. 



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felt 



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The mockery of the hollow shrine at which my spirit knelt; 



Mine is the requiem of years in reckless folly pass'd, 



The wail above departed hopes on a frail venture cast; 



The vain regret that steals above the wreck of squander'd hours 



Like the sighing of the autumn wind over the faded flowers. 



— WhiltU-r. 



s time to mourn lacks time to mend; /^OME, fair Repentance! daughter of the skies 



iiourns tliat. 'Tis an ill cure ^ Soft liarbinger of soon returning virtue! 



t ills, to have no time to feel them. The weeping messenger of grace from hea\''n! 

 —Heiiiy Taylor. —Brmmi. 



no by repentance is not satisfied, 



not of heav'n nor earth, for these are pleased; 

 By penitence the Eternal's wrath 's appeased. —Sliaki-spi-are. 



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tos have soui 

 eponts on the 



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closes; [of roses. QORROW for past ills doth restore 



rns that sleeps on. beds To his first innocence. 



CO let us which this change of weather view. 



Change eke our minds, and former lives amend; 



The old year's sins forepast let us eschew. 



And fly the faults with which we did offend. _.s>„.,v. 

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