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The leaves of this plant are its great beauty ; 

 " large, elegantly-shaped, and of a transparency 

 which shows the delicacy of their texture, as the 

 yellow light shines through them." And their bril- 

 liant tint of green, can scarcely be surpassed by any 

 plant. The Celandine is common in waste places, 

 near towns. Hold it carefully, when you gather it, 

 for it is full of a poisonous yellow juice. You observe 

 that its name is the same as a species of Crowfoot (the 

 Lesser Celandine), and there are many plants which 

 bear the same English name, but which are so different 

 in some part of their organization, as to stand wide 

 apart in Botany. If the first Latin (or Botanic name) 

 be the same, you may then know, that the plants are 

 undoubtedly of the same Genus. 



