Geranium, 
Geranium sanguineum. Narurar Orver: Geraniacee —Geranium Family. 
E ANY are the varieties of this beautiful plant, most of which 
: . are nurtured in the window or greenhouse, either for their 
beauty of blossom or the delightful fragrance of their 
leaves. Some of them are from the Cape of Good 
* liant show in the garden in summer, being again removed to the 
house in the fall. The name is derived from geranos, a Greek 
word meaning crane, the seeds having a long spur (supposed to 
resemble a crane’s bill), which in planting should be cut off with 
the scissors, as it tends to push the seeds out of the ground before 
sprouting. 
Gontidency. 
RUST in thee? Aye, dearest, there’s no one but must, 
Unless truth be a fable in such as thee trust; 
For who can see heaven’s own hue in those eyes, 
And doubt that truth with it came down from the skies? 
While each thought of thy bosom, like morning’s young light, 
Almost ere ’tis born, flashes there on his sight. 
—C. F. Hoffman. 
UT of the depths of the starlit distance [up, And faith and hope and the spirit’s patience 
A pale gleam shows where the moon comes Strengthen the heart and lighten the eyes. 
And here in the dregs of this strange existence Ah, soul! my soul! there is hope for the nations, 
May lurk the sweetness that crowns the cup, And God is holy and just and wise. 
—Barton Grey. 
TRUST in thee, and know in whom I trust; 
Or life or death is equal; neither weighs: 
All weight is this: O let me live to thee! —voung. 
AVE I not brought thee roses fresh with youth, H! emblem of that steadfast mind 
And snow-white lilies, pale with pure desire? Which, through the varying scenes of life, 
Beheld in thee my inmost dream of Truth, By genuine piety refined, 
And felt no beauty thou didst not inspire? Holds on its way ’midst noise and strife! 
—Foel Benton. 
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