f 





ftw;C.ct l^otuio. 



Xatlral Crder 



-Couyohw,//is Fatiiilv. 



. 1 \T \S. or Swet-t Potatu, i.s nalive to both the East and 

 \\ est Indies, and onh' within a recent period has the cuiti- 

 \ itioii ot' the tubers been attempted save in tropical countries 

 oi tht more remote, \\arni parts ot" our Southern States. 

 Lttteih'. lio\\-e\er, thev ha\e been introduced into the Mid- 

 dle States, ^\llere thev ha\e been successfully grown by first 

 u tin<( tlie plants in hotbeds, and then transplanting them to 

 the soil m which the\- ai-e to grow. The potatoes are protected in dry 

 sand during winter. The tubers are pointed, sweet and nourishing. 

 The stem is prostrate and creeping, producing purple or white flowers, 

 campanulate in shape, and sometimes ijuite show}-. For mere pleasure 

 it can be grown in the house by placing a tuber in a vessel partly filled 

 with water, when it will reward the cultivator with several quite pretty 

 and lengthy vines. If the first should decay before sprouting, it could easily be 

 replaced until success crowned perse^•erance. 



T" HOUGH gay as mirth, a< curious thoughts sedate; 

 ^ As elegance polite, as power elate; 

 Profound as reason, and as justice clear; 



.Soft as fompassion. \ et as truth se^'ere. —Sa-.a^,\ 





CANNOT soar into the heights xou -ho- 



Nor dive among the deeps that you re\ er 



It it is much that high things are to knov 



That deep things are to I'eel. 



QHE was the pride 



^ Ot" her familiar spliere — the daily joy 

 Of all who on her gracefulness might gaze, 

 And in the light and music of her way 

 Ha\ e a companion's portion. —Willis. 



"V'\- \uurs, not mine, to pluck out of yom" hre 

 .Some human truth, whose workings reconili 

 Were unattired in words, and manifest, 

 .\nd hold it t'orth to light. 



QT.VNF) tree and fa 

 "-^ .\nd judge him by 



more than what you ki 

 Ingeniously, and by the right-laid line 

 Of truth, he truly will all styles deserve. 

 Of wise, good, just: a man both soul and r.cr\" 



— Sl,irh-v. 



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