@Minervaria, 
Cineraria amelloites. Naturat Orver: Composite—Aster Family. 
¢ RIGHT and beautiful, the flower-stalks of this plant raise their 
aster-like clusters of blossoms well above their broad and 
handsome leaves, in our greenhouses in spring, when flowers 
& are scarce, sometimes as many as fifty flowers in a crowning 
FA mass. The plant has been called Cape Aster, one of the first 
varieties having come from the South of Africa; but as we 
have species now from the colder latitudes of Siberia, as well 
as from the tropical climes of Jamaica and the Canary Isles, that name 
has been almost universally abandoned for the Latin one embracing 
them all. The colors are the various shades of purple or blue, usually 
with a white or lighter ring at the base of the petals. 
Always Delighthut. 
O he brilliant and mirthful the light of her eye, 
Like a star glancing out from the blue of the sky. 
— Whittier. 
| eae shines the sun today, Sweet content, with winning smiles, 
Perhaps it brings but little sorrow; Brightens every simple pleasure; 
We'll be happy while we may; Happiness, with merry smiles, 
*Twould be folly now to borrow Adds its gold to all our treasure; 
Griefs and cares, which may not stray, Thus our path for many miles 
May not darken our tomorrow. May be crowned from joy’s full measure. 
—Tamar Anne Kermode. 
E is so full of pleasant anecdote, 
So rich, so gay, so poignant in his wit, 
Time vanishes before him as he speaks, 
And ruddy morning through the lattice peeps. 
IS sports were fair, his joyance innocent, HEN thou art near, 
Sweet without sour, and honey without gall; The sweetest joys still sweeter seem, 
And he himself seem’d made for merriment, The brightest hopes more bright appear, 
Merrily masking both in bower and hall. And life is all one happy dream, 
a aa When thou art near. —Robert Sweney. at 
86 ce 
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