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(!II)eiiaiitl)us tljciri. Xatirai. Ordf 



Ci-Hcifcr.c — Mustard Pa 



\LLFLOWER is a low, semi-slll•uhb^■. perennial plant, grow- 

 ing from one to two and a halt" teet in height, and comes 

 from the sonth of Europe. It is a great favorite on that 

 continent among all classes. Robert Herrick, an Englis^i 

 poet of the seventeenth century, has a prettA' little poetical 

 ;nd, to the effect that a young girl much in lo\e, but re- 

 sti uned ot her liberty, desired to fl\- to the arms of her lover, for which 

 puipost she clambered out on a high wall, to which she had tied a 

 silken sash or rope. In descending, the knot untied, and she fell, 

 " bruised, and bleeding, and died ; "' and Lo\-e. in pity, changed her to 

 this plant, to be called forever the '" Flower of the Wall." It does not 

 bloom until the second year from seed, and in northern climates should 

 be removed to a light cellar for protection from frost in winter. Cheiri 

 is the Arabic name, and Cheiranthus a formation therefrom by adding the Greek 

 word aut/ios, a flower. 



l[ihjlil^ in HisForlun^. 



/^H! if there be an elvsium on earth, it is this: 

 ^ When two that are linked in one heavenly tie, 

 Love on through all ills, and love on till thev die. 



AT'E wallflowers, shed vour tints of golden dye. 

 On which the mornini» sunbeams love to rest — 

 On which, when glory fills the glowing west, 

 The parting splendors of the day's decline, 



With fascination to the heart address'd, 

 .So tender and beautifully shine. 

 As if reluctant still to leave that hoary 



RICH i, 

 The, 

 Bland are 

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pERTAIN my 

 ^ How can I li 

 Thy sweet convei 



the pink, the lily gay, 

 ose is summer's guest; 

 thy charms when these 

 ■ers, first, last, and best! 



solution is to die; 



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-Mitloii. 



There may be gaudier on the bower. 



And statelier on the tree ; 

 But wallflower, lo\ed wallflower, 



Thou art the flower for me. —Afoir. 



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