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for Indigo. Have you ever heard of the Venus' 

 Fly Trap? 



L. Yes ; the-, plaiit that has a gum spread 

 over its leaves to tempt flies and other insects, 

 which, when they light on them, close up directly 

 and crush them to death so as to find itself in 

 food. 



E. That is in our present class, and with it, 

 and the mention of what is considered by many 

 as the most beautiful tribe of shrubs indigenous 

 to America the Rhododendrons, I will con- 

 clude. The species have flowers of red, white, 

 and pink, very fragrant, and of different sizes. 

 Some are evergreens, and others have the leaves 

 fall off in the usual season. 



L. SONG OF THE DECANDRIAN TRIBES. 



Spread the light sail, that our chieftain may rove 

 Again in the shade of the ArbtUus grove, 

 That decks the green isles in Killarney's lake, 

 And hangs its red fruit 'mid the tangled brake. 



Oh : Arbutus tree, 



We pluck from thee, 

 That spray that forms our chieftain's crest, 



With thy berries bright 



As the rosy light ; 

 The eun gives out when he sinks in the west. 



