

IpljllSalis !^ll\fl\CnC|i. Natural Order: So/a/nrccic — Xig/ils/nn/c Family. 



ill pi ints this is perhaps the most variously named, heini^ 



ilkcl indifleiently Ground Cherry, Winter Cherr}-, and Straw - 



m lonnto The first name is applicable to several of the 



line ^enus because ot" their habit, bein^ merelv straggling, 



hubiceous plants of low statuie. It belongs to what is 



^ v^ el issed as the Nightshade family, which embraces plants not 



' onl} pi educing floweis to gratify the eye, but fruits for the sustenance 



^'- ") of man and the pleasing of his palate — as the tomato, potato, and egg 



plant 1 he \\ intei C herrv is found in gardens and cultivated fields, 



enous to the soil, though in some instances care is 



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'jlil*' -' £n\en it which ol course improves its qualit\-. The fruit is about the 



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yjr '' g'^en it which ol Cw,.,,,^ ..■■p,v.,^o i.., vj.....,.,. . ,,^ ...... ,o .. 



n /\^— ' "^'ze of a stiawbeii} or cheny, being 3-ellowish in color, and remains 

 f. s s, on the plant during winter, which explains its second synonym, while 

 the third is sufficiently apparent. The berry is surrounded by a bladder-like 

 calyx, which hides as well as protects it, whence the name Physalis, from the 

 Greek, denoting a bladder. 



ATOU vow, and swear, and super-praise niv parts, 

 When I am sure you hiite me in your liearts. 



AH ! many hearts have changed since we two parted, And some we trusted with a fond beheving. 

 And many grown apart as time hath sped — Have turn'd and stung us to the bosom's core; 



Till we have almost deem'd that the true-hearted And lite hath seeni'd but as a ^ain deceiving. 

 Abided only with the laithlul dead. From which we turn aside, heart-sick and sore. 



—Mrs. C. .1/. Chandler. 



AN open foe may pro\'e a curse. 

 But a pretended friend is worse. 



-Gay. 

 '\\1\WX man so wise, what earthly wit so ware, To seem like truth, whose shape she well can feign, 



As to descry the crafty, cunning train And fitting gestures to her purpose frame, 



By which deceit doth mask in visor fair, The guiltless man with guile to entertain .= 



And cast her colors, dyed deep in grain, —Sfe?iser. 



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