Eupatorinm, 
GEupatorium elegans. Naturar Orver: Composite —Aster Family. 
Ko entirely unattractive. The Eupatorium elegans is admitted 
YA to the greenhouse for its fragrant flowers, which are white; 
(5 the Eupatorium aromaticum, also admired for its odor, has 
23 flowers of the same color, which bloom in the fall. The boneset 
Oe. and hoarhound belong to this same family, and, though useful, are 
es homely herbs. They are said to have been named for Mithridates 
is the Great (also called Eupator, that is, of a noble father, or well 
~xeF born), king of Pontus, who brought about a war with the Romans, 
. ~ and when conquered by Pompey, and conspired against by his own 
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~» son, Pharnaces, rather than be taken prisoner by the Romans, com- 
IK mitted suicide by taking poison, B. c. 63. 
Detay. 
H, my good lord, that comfort comes too late; 
*Tis like a pardon after execution. —Shakespeare. 
HINK not tomorrow still shall be your care; OIST up sail while gale doth last, 
Alas! tomorrow like today will fare. Tide and wind stay no man’s pleasure; 
Reflect that yesterday ’s tomorrow’s o’er,— Seek not time when time is past, 
Thus one “tomorrow,” one “tomorrow” more, Sober speed is wisdom’s leisure, 
Have seen long years before them fade away, After-wits are dearly bought, 
And still appear no nearer than today. Let thy fore-wit guide thy thought. 
—Giford. —Robert Southwell. 
OUR gift is princely, but it comes too late, 
And falls, like sunbeams, on a blasted blossom. 
—Suckling. 
MISSION to do what is necessary E came too late! Neglect had tried 
Seals a commission to a blank of danger; * Her constancy too long; 
And danger, like an ague, subtly taints Her love had yielded to her pride, 
Even then when we sit idly in the sun. And the deep sense of wrong. 
—Shakespeare. —Elizabeth Bogart, 
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