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Dibunuini rOSCUIlI. Xaturai, Okdkk: CaprifoHaceie — Honeysuckle Family. 



'HIS shrub is a native of Europe, and attracts general atten- 

 tion in earl\' spring, when it crowns itself with bloom. The 

 flowers make their appearance at first in small, greenish 

 masses, and are utterly devoid of beauty; but a few days of 

 waim sunlight bleaches them to a creamy white, by which 

 time the balls ha\-e expanded to their utmost, bringing full 

 assui uue that the loitering days of summer are at hand. The 

 \ ibui num assumes a rather straggling shape if left entirel}- to itself, 

 hut with a little attention and pruning can be trained into a well- 

 shaped bush tor a single specimen, or, where the luxury of space 

 B-^ will allow, it may be planted in groups to adorn the lawn, where it 

 ''^"^ hai monizes well with the delicate and simple tints of the lilac and 

 '■(^^^{^(^ othei spring flowers. In England it is called the Guelder Rose. The 

 ^/ ®^(^ significance of its botanical name is uncertain, but it is the old Latin 



appellative. 



l^aug^ls ^\ '^cauEn. 



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HE torch you turn to earth still upw.ird lit'ts its flame: 

 And so the soul looks up, though turned to earth in shame. 



ITER thoughts were holy, ^aint-like. 



Ever pointing to her God ; 



And sweetest orisons were uttered 



By the lips heneath the sod. 



.So that queenly " Snowball " blooming, 

 Was of her an emblem given; 



For its flower language whispers — 

 " My thoughts are all of heaven." 



-Lucy M. Saiijord. 



E.WEX darklv works; vet where the seed hath been, 



11 /JY thoughts arc not in thi-; hour 

 ■'■'■' Unworthy what I see, though i 

 Spirit! let me expire, or see them n 



EACH individual seeks a separate goal; 

 But heav'n's great view is one, and that the whole ; 

 Th.at counterworks each folly and caprice; 

 That disappoints th' eftects of ev'ry vice. ^Pope. 



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