Dlackh Hoarhound. 
Ballota nigra. Natura Orver: Labiate— Mint Family. 
He ERE is an unattractive foreign plant supposed to have been 
introduced into this country through the commerce of the 
nations, as many of our now obnoxious weeds have found 
their way, concealed in various grains imported for seed. 
ay It is now frequently found naturalized in the fields and by 
. the waysides. The stem is from two to three feet high, 
: Ie? having broad, opposite leaves covered with a soft down. It derives 
oe t}Yyo its name from the Greek word allo, to throw, or reject, on account 
St @ of its offensive odor. It blooms in July, the flowers being either 
G9 purple or white, and of little beauty. 
4G Reject You. 
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AKE my esteem, if you on that can live; 
But frankly, sir, ’tis all I have to give. 
-—Dryden. 
E came too late! Her countless dreams HERE is another sweet as my sweet, 
Of hope had long since flown. Fine of the fine, and shy of the shy? 
No. charms dwelt in his chosen themes, Fine little hands, fine little feet — 
Nor in his whisper’d tone; Dewy blue eye. 
And when with word and smile he tried Shall I write to her? shall I go? 
Affection still to prove, Ask her to marry me by-and-by? 
She nerved her heart with woman’s pride, « Somebody said that she’d say no. 
And spurn’d his fickle love. —Z£yizabeth Bogart. = LM SON: 
|* you oblige me suddenly to choose, 
My choice is made—and I must you refuse. 
—Dryden. 
losers a lovely tree HAVE heard — 
She grew to womanhood, and between whiles But you shall promise ne’er again 
Rejected several suitors. — Byron, To breathe your vows or speak -your pain. 
—Prior, 
O I not in plainest truth 
Tell you—I do not, nor I cannot love you? 
\ —Shakespeare. ! i 
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