Cavdamine. 
Cardamine hirsuta. Narurar Orver: Crucifere— Mustard Family. 
@f ROWING wild, this plant is found in various parts of the 
= United States, in some instances adding the name of the State 
in which the variety is produced to its own. It is also called 
Cuckoo Flower, and Bitter Cress. It flourishes in wet places, 
near streams or springs. The flowers are white and small. 
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“> The blossoms of some of the other species are larger than 
ee the above, and are frequently rose or purple in color. Its name is 
oe: 
J derived from kardia, heart, and damao, to overcome, alluding to some 
supposed medicinal properties. 
Autatuation, 
H! blest is the fate of the one who hath found 
Some loadstar to guide through the wilderness round; 
And such I have found, my beloved one, in thee, 
For thou art the star of the desert to me. — Samuel Lover. 
»/TXIS his one hope —all else that round his life And leave no impress; worldly lips revile 
So fairly circles, scarce he values now; With sneer and stinging jibe, but idly by, 
The pride of name, a lot with blessings rife, Unfelt, unheard, the impatient arrows fly; 
Determined friends, great gifts that him endow— Careless he joins a parasitic train, 
Are shrunk to nothing in a woman’s smile; Fops, fools and flatterers, whom her arts enchain, 
Counsel, reproof, entreaty, all are lost Nor counts aught base that may to her pertain; 
Like windy waters, which their strength exhaust Immersed in love—or what he deems is such. 
—F. G. Tuckerman, 
[}? but look on her eyes! they do light H! then speak, thou fairest fair! 
All that Love’s world compriseth! Kill not him that vows to serve thee; 
Do but look on her hair! it is bright ‘But perfume this neighboring air 
As Love’s star when it riseth! Else dull silence sure will starve me; 
Do but mark —her forehead’s smoother Tis a word that’s quickly spoken, 
Than words that sooth her! Which, being restrained, a heart is broken. 
And from her arched brows such a grace — Beaumont and Fletcher. 
Sheds itself through the face, LL nature fades extinct; and she alone 
As alone there triumphs to the life, Heard, felt and seen, possesses every thought, 
All the gain, all the good of the elements’ strife. Fills every sense, and pants in every vein. 
\ — Fonson. —Thompson. ! 
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