G@®entian., 
Gentiana acaulis, Narurar Orver: Gentianacee—Gentian Family. 
o, ENTIAN is a plant of excellent tonic and febrifuge properties, 
F which are said to have been first discovered by Gentius, king 
of ancient Illyria, in whose honor it was named. It is found 
abundantly in the Western States, where the land lies low and 
is more or less moist, which soil seems most congenial to its 
“s growth. It is not unusual to find acres of land dotted freely 
with its blue blossoms, particularly in openings in the woods. Besides 
our native plants, we have other specimens from Wales, Australia, and 
the Alps. The two from the first-named countries have blue flowers, 
oe am the latter yellow ones. The more dwarf varieties are the best adapted 
eit for rock culture. 
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a Antrinsic Qorth. 
fo and resolved by sterling worth to gain 
Love and respect, thou shalt not strive in vain. 
—Sir S. E. Brydges. 
HOW thy worth with manners may I sing, LL that is best of beauty is its dower, 
When thou art all the better part of me? All that is pure in piety its bequest, 
What can mine own praise to mine own self bring? The subtle spring of truth, the soul of power, 
And what is ’t but mine own, when I praise thee? It gives our dreams their scope, our life its zest. 
—Shakespeare. —Isidore G. Ascher. 
KNOW transplanted human worth 
Will bloom to profit otherwhere. 
—Tennyson. 
HERE is a joy in worth, »'T*IS what the heart adores, where’er the eve 
A high, mysterious, soul-pervading charm, Doth rest, on ocean, earth, or in the sky; 
Which, never daunted, ever bright and warm, For love ne’er worships willingly a blot, 
Mocks at the idle, shadowy ills of earth, But looks for what is pure, for what is fair, 
Amid the gloom is bright, and tranquil in the storm. For what is good, as heaven and angels are. 
—Robert T. Conrad.. —Sallie A. Brock. 
EAUTIES that from worth arise, 
Are like the grace of deities, 
Still present with us, though unsighted. 
—Sir F. Suckling. 
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