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Clianthus Dampier. Narurar Orver: Leguminose—Pulse Family. 
T is but a few years since this beautiful flower was first 
introduced into Europe and the United States from New 
Zealand, and, as it was at first considered a delicate plant 
% to cultivate, it commanded a very high price, and was with 
S) difficulty persuaded to bloom. The trouble was too much 
care. It is now grown from seeds, requiring a well-drained 
soil, and only a reasonable supply of water, as too liberal drenching 
causes it to decay at the root. The leaves grow in pairs opposite 
each other, similar to the pea family, to which class it belongs. The 
flowers appear in clusters of about half a dozen, each being from two 
to three inches long, and of a rich scarlet, with an intensely black 
blotch in. the center. 
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Glorious Beauty. 
. ER eyes, her lips, her cheeks, her shape, her features, 
Seem to be drawn by love’s own hands, by love 
Himself in love. 
—Dryden. 
HE beautiful are never desolate, EART on her lips, and soul within her eyes, 
But some one always loves them, Soft as her clime, and sunny as her skies. 
—Bailey. —Byron. 
ER grace of motion and of look, the smooth 
And swimming majesty of step and tread, 
The symmetry of form and feature, set 
The soul afloat, even like delicious airs 
Of flute or harp. —Milman. 
sae has such wondrous eyes, The lustrous depths that stir 
The saints in paradise With rhythmic rise and fall, 
Must veil their own from her. To hide her heart from all— 
Around her snow-white neck I hold a hidden key 
Great pearls, like foam-bells fleck, To ope the gates, ma mie/ 
—Edward Renaud, 
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