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iPEronica avtieusis. Natural Order: ScrophulariacecE — Fig-wort Family. 



ERONICA ARVENSIS, or Field Veronica, is found chiefly 



m dry fields throughout the Northern and Middle States. It 



IS a small plant, from two to six inches high, with pale green 



foliage, and flowers that are blue in color. There are some 



■^ native species of this plant that flourish only in the black and 



heavy soil of wet ditches. A variety called Spiked Speedwell, a native 



of Europe and Asia, with beautiful blue or pink flowers, is now culti- 



\ ated for the adornment of our gardens. It is supposed by some 



authorities that this plant was named in honor of St. Veronica. The 



common Speedwell is used by the poorer classes in Sweden as a 



substitute for tea, the true Chinese herb being probably saved for 



special occasions. Medicinally, it is reputed to possess properties that 



are sudorific, diuretic, tonic and expectorant. 



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AND at last he wakened Irom liis sv 

 ■' And found his dear bride propping: 

 And chafing his pale hands, and callir 

 And felt the warm tears fallinsj on hi: 



in oft" the soul 



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to his own heart, "She weeps for me:' 

 lay still, and feigned himself as dead, 

 might prove her to the uttermost, 

 to his own heart, "She weeps for me.' 

 — Tennyson. 



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QHOULD I change my allegiance for rancor, 

 ^ Tf fni-tiinp chansjes her side? 



If fortun 

 Or should I, 



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ike a vessel at anchor 

 the turn of the tide? 



— Proctor, 

 Lift, O lift, thou lowering sky, 



An thou wilt thy gloom forego! 

 An thou wilt not, he and I 



Need not part for drifts of snow. 



— Jean Ingelozw 



