—Dryden. 
HERE still exists a rank which far transcends Though homely be its garb, though coarse its fare, 
The stars and coronets that shine in courts: And though it live unnoticed by the crowd; 
It takes no sounding name to make men stare; Still, spite of fashion’s fools, the honest man 
No blazoning heraldry proclaims its pomp; Is yet the highest noble of the land! 
Its modest title is, plain honesty. Altes Bell. 
ii levee and glory were given to cherish; 
Cherish them, then, though all else should decay; 
Landmarks be these, that are never to perish, 
Stars that will shine on the duskiest day. 
—From the German, 
HE gentle mind by gentle deeds is known, UT let not all the gold which Tagus hides, 
For man by nothing is so well bewrayed And pays the sea in tributary tides, 
As by his manners, in which plain is shown Be bribe sufficient to corrupt thy breast, 
Of what degree and what race he is grown. Or violate with dreams thy peaceful rest. 
i — Spenser. —Dryden, ’ 
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Dogwood, 
@Gornus floridta. Narurat Orver: Cornacee—Dogwood Family. 
<7o]; ROWING in our Northern States, and generally throughout 
E the temperate zone, this tree is well known. Anyone living 
near woodlands must be familiar with its white blossoms that 
lie like a pall of snow over the tree. It is about twenty or 
twenty-five feet in height, the body being small and covered 
“* with a rough bark, which possesses excellent tonic properties, 
similar to the celebrated barks of the cinchona trees of Peru, and 
known as Peruvian or Jesuit’s bark, as it was first introduced into 
medical practice by the missionaries of that society. The name is 
Hanesty trug Qobrtity. 
ACH thought was visible that roll’d within, 
As through a crystal case the figured hours are seen; 
And heaven did this transparent veil provide 
Because she had no guilty thought to hide. 
