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carry him to the bank against the current of the 

 river, and he had just time to throw it on the 

 shore and cry out, Forget Me Not, before he 

 sunk and was drowned. The flower has al- 

 ways borne the name of Forget Me Not since. 



E. Another family of this class, is that of the 

 Bindweed Convolvulus, which takes its name 

 from a word meaning to entwine, as their slen- 

 der stems twine around other plants to enable 

 them to support themselves. They are all 

 known by their bell-shaped, plaited corollas 

 which are handsomely colored of different hues. 

 The Morning Glory is one of them, the Sola- 

 num -Potato family is another, which includes 

 the Stramonium, Ground Cherry, Henbane, To- 

 bacco, and many others. 



L. The potato family does not surely include 

 poisonous plants ? 



E. It is itself poisonous. The tubers of the 

 potato plant which we eat, are merely reservois 

 of nourishment that it lays by for itself, and the 

 mealy matter of which, serves as food for us as 

 it would do for the plant if left alone. What- 

 ever poisonous matter is found in the tubers is 

 dissipated by the operations of cookery. 



