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Saponaria offcnalis, Narurar Orper? Caryophyllacee — Pink Family. 
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N dooryards of old-fashioned country houses, and by the 
roadsides throughout the country, this plant may be found 
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in abundance. The place of its nativity is Europe, but it 
has long been naturalized in America. It is about two feet 
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high, of a succulent, herbaceous growth, and ‘nearly allied 
to the bunch pinks, though much coarser. The flowers 
My bloom in clusters, and are the palest possible shade faltering between 
j wks pink and white. The root is perennial, and inclined to spread and 
ACF become obtrusive. As one means of curtailing its obtrusiveness, its 
ees. seeds, which are very fertile and abundant, should be clipped and de- 
ie stroyed before they ripen. The bruised stalks make a lather in water, 
Pe which quality gives it the name of Soapwort in our vernacular, as well 
+4 .as its scientific appellation Saponaria, from the Latin sapo, soap. 
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SUDDEN rush from the stairway, They climb up into my turret, 
A sudden raid from the hall, Over the arms and back of my chair; 
By three doors left unguarded, If I try to escape, they surround me; 
They enter my castle wall. They seem to be everywhere. 
—Longfellow, 
had much rather see 
A crested dragon, or a basilisk; 
Both are less poison to my eyes and nature. 
—Dryden. 
UT the sound grew into word OVE knoweth every form of air, 
As the speakers drew more near — And every shape of earth, 
Sweet, forgive me that I heard And comes unbidden everywhere, 
‘What you wished me not to hear. Like thought’s mysterious birth. 
Elizabeth Barrett Browning. —N, P. Willis. 
LADY! In the narrow space 
Between the husband and the wife, 
But nearest him.—she showed a face 
With dangers rife. —Fean Ingelow, 
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