(UratollUS COrfinca. Xatl-kal Order; Rosaceiv — Rose Family. 



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ROWING usually in dense thickets on the borders of a wood- 

 1 ind, or beside some creek or stream, ma}- be found the vari- 

 ous species of the Thorn, there being numerous varieties 

 indigenous to the American continent. In height the trees 

 or shrubs are from eight to twenty-five feet, and add much 

 to the glory of the woods \\hen they are covered by their 

 abundant bloom in early summer. The flowers are white, and appear 

 in geneious clusters. The fruit, when ripe, in autumn, is mosth' 

 scailet m color, though sometimes yellowish, and in a few individual 

 j'i^'h^-^ kinds IS both pleasant flavored and edible. The branches are pro- 

 ^'\V^ \ ided w ith many thorns, from which the common synonym is derived. 

 In some parts of the country the lower-growing ones are used as 

 htdt,Ls but not so noticeably as in England, where many fields are 

 lotected b) them The wood is strong and durable. 





liffituH^. 



■pEWWRE of desperate steps! the darkest day, 

 ^ Li\e till to-iiiorrou, will have passed away. 



- Co:vpey 



A^::: 



e who, journeyinsi, checks the rein in has 

 iMiasni doth yawn across his way, 

 .■aping, and too steeply laced 



As such a one, being brought to sudden stand, 

 I)oul)ts all his foregone path il" 't were true. 



And turns to this and then to the other hand 

 ,Vs knowing not what to do. —•J,-a,t Iiigetow. 



CAIN would I stop to reniONC from thy wa\ 



^ Stones that ha\ e bruised me, and thorns that have 



)rs for \va\-marks, to sa\-, 

 wounded, ensnared, or deceived. 



- Dom Grennrell. 



-IITHICH w,iy.' which way.= — his eyes greu di 

 **^ With the dizzving whirl,— which wav to swi 



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The thundei 



Half choked in the lashing spray: 

 fe is sweet, and the grave is grini,- 

 Which wav.= which wav .= 



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