WHITE HE A THER. 



and excellence of quality, of the Wheat of this present year, 

 1 868, are such as has scarcely ever been known, and may not 

 be again seen for many, many years to come. 



WHITE HEATHER.— Good Luck. 



Extract from our beloved Queen's Book : — " Our dear 

 Victoria (the Princess Royal) was engaged to Prince Frederick 

 William of Prussia. He had spoken to us of his wishes ; 

 but we were uncertain whether he himself should speak to 

 her or wait till he came back again. During our ride up 

 Craig-na-Ban, he picked a piece of White Heather, the 

 emblem of " Good Luck," which he gave to her ; this enabled 

 him to make an allusion to his hopes and wishes, as they 

 rode down Glen Girnock, which led to their happy 

 [betrothal]."— Sept. 29, 1855. 



WHITE JASMINE {Jasminum officinale). — Amiability. 



" Luxuriant above all 

 The Jasmine, throwing wide her elegant sweets, 

 The deep dark green of whose unvarnished leaf 

 Makes more conspicuous, and illumines more 

 The bright profusion of her scattered stars." — COWPER. 



There are those individuals who are endowed with such 

 a happy temperament, that they seem thrown into the world 

 to hold society together. They have in their manners so 

 much complaisance and gface, that they well sustain every 



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