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Dtrbena ^Ubletia. Natural Order: J^eric. 



'ROUGHT into general circulation but a few years since, this 

 beautiful flower is unsurpassed for splendor of color. It is a 

 j]j\ native of the South, and is a delicate, trailing plant, bloom- 

 ing freel}-. A few plants will cover a large bed if their 

 . ^ branches are pinned down so tiiat tliey can rot)t at the joints, 

 'Kj^^lfm which thev do readily. Among the Romans, the Verbence, 

 §r^ whence the name of this plant, were sacred boughs, whether 

 ol the laurel, oli\-e or myrtle. This particular variety has been desig- 

 nated Aubletia in honor of the French botanist, John Baptist Christo- 

 pher Fusee Aublet, who flourished in the middle of the last century, 

 j^ dying in 1778. 



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\TET what is wit, and what the poet's arl 

 Can genius shield the vulnerable heart: 

 .\h! no. Where bright imagination reigns, 

 The tine-wrought spirit feels acuter pains; 

 Where glow exalted sense and taste refin'd 



QUE smiled; but he could see arise 

 ^ Her soul from far adown her eyes, 

 Prepared as if for sacrifice. 



— .Vfrs. Srozvfihi^. 



There keener anguish rankles in the mind; 

 There feeling is ditlus'd through e\ery part, 

 Thrills in each nerve, and lives in all the heart; 

 And those whose gen'rous souls each tear would keep 

 From others' eyes, are born themselves to weep. 



-Hanimh More. 



KINDLY speech; a cordial voice; 

 ■ ,\ smile so quick, so warm, so bright, 

 speaks a nature full of light. 



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ILY bought, the hidden treasu 

 er feelings can bestow! 

 that vibrate sweetest pleasure, 

 I tlie deepest notes of woe. 



«■ J. Hill. 



gazed, and in the tender flush 

 That made her face like roses blown. 

 And in the radiance and the hush, 

 Her thought was shown. 



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