Chamomile. 
Anthemis nobilis. Narurar Orver: Composite — Aster Family. 
ES e HERE are two species of this humble plant; the first 
inodorous, naturalized in fields, byways and lanes, and is 
I] called Corn Chamomile; and the second a perennial from 
ie Great Britain and other parts of Europe. It is frequently 
. cultivated in gardens, and is well known for its strong, agree- 
able odor. The flowers are much used in medicine for their 
" tonic and anodyne properties. It was called Anthemis, from anthos, 
Greek for flower, by reason of its profusion of flowers. 
Mercy. 
S love so very plenty in this weary world of pain, 
That you cannot let all else go by and trust me once again? 
--Christian Reid. 
HE end will soon come, and tho’ outcast I be, HEN gently scan thy brother man, 
Perhaps there is One will have pity on me; Still gentler sister woman; 
Who will to the injured His mercy extend, Though both may gang a kennie wrang, 
And be to the outcast protector and friend. —% 7. S. To step aside is human. —Burns. 
9/TIS mercy! mercy! 
The mark of heav’n impress’d on human kind, 
Mercy that glads the world, deals joy around; 
Mercy that smooths the dreadful brow of power, 
And makes dominion light; mercy that saves, 
Binds up the broken heart, and heals despair. 
—Rowe. 
OME unto me, when weary of life’s burdens, AY, the divine in it lingers there still, 
e When, oh! so tired of all its hopes and fears — God’s care in all; 
When, ’midst the fury of the storms and tempests, Rose leaves but drop at the beck of His will, 
Thou shalt be waiting as the heaven nears. Fetters which thrall. 
—Mary B, Dodge. 
N mercy and justice both, 
Through heaven and earth, so shall my glory excel. 
\ But mercy first and last shall brightest shine. —Milton. i 
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