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gucta filamentosa. 



Natural Order: Liliacea: — Lily Farnily. 



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GRASS is a common svnonvm for Yucca, the alDoriginal 

 n line of this plant, which compares not unfavorably with 

 lie Aloe among foliage plants. The leaves are stiff and 

 ^ sliarp-pointed, forming a mass some two or three feet broad, 

 *:v and even more in old plants. There are six or seven species 

 Vj^jO'Q or individual plants, differing somewhat in their style of 

 f, foliage, vet with a strong similarity noticeable in them all. 

 Tlic\ do not bloom until quite large, when a tall stem rises from the 

 enter, from three to four feet high, ' sometimes producing from "two 

 o four hundred bell-shaped florets." All the species are natives of the 

 Southern States, and each and all make a fine and imposing appear- 

 f^jki* ance in the garden or on the lawn. The Yucca filamentosa has long 

 threads trailing from the margins of the sharp-pointed leaves, whence 

 sometimes called Adam and Eve's Needle and Thread. 



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A MAX in authority 

 A candle in the w 

 Or blown out than unc 



A JOT tVom gray hairs a 

 ^ ' Nor from bald heads, : 



iithority doth flow, 

 lor from a wrinkled brow ; 

 But our past life, when yirtuously spent, 

 Must to our age those happy fruits present. 



' ami Fletcher. 



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doth not nicely prank 



nquant pomp, as some of meanest rank. 

 But armed in steel; that bright habiliment 

 Is his rich yalor's sole rich ornament. 



- Joshua Sylvester. 



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TJENCEFORTH in my name 



Take courage, O thou woman ! man, take hope ! 

 Your graves shall be as smooth as Eden's sward. 

 Beneath the steps of your prospective thoughts; 

 And one step past them, a new Eden gate 

 Shall open on a hinge of harmony. 



And let you through to mercy. Ye shall fall 

 Xo more, within that Eden, nor pass out 

 Any more from it. Live and love, — 

 Doing both nobly, because lowlily ! 

 Live and work, — strongly, because patiently! 



—^frs. Brov.'nmg. 



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