Grass. 
Authoxanthum odoratum. Naturar Orver: Graminee—Grass Family. 
~’ HAT is more delightful to the senses of one pent up amid 
2 he brick and dust of a crowded city than to behold a spot 
# of refreshing verdure? It rejoices the eye, and fills the 
yrs soul with gladness. Who can look abroad at the waving 
ey meadows and close-cropped pastures and not acknowledge the 
beneficence of the all-wise Creator? No other color would be 
so grateful to the vision, and no other color would always appear so 
fresh and new. The grass, along with all grains, belongs to the exten- 
sive order Graminea, which contributes more to the sustenance of man 
and beast than all others combined. It has an element of poetry in its 
botanical name, which signifies sweetly-scented yellow flower; and has 
for ages been considered an emblem of utility. 
Uthty. 
he may I always on this downy grass, 
Unknown, unseen, my easy minutes pass! 
—Roscommon. 
HUS is nature’s vesture wrought, Q OT enjoyment and not sorrow 
To instruct our wandering thought; Is our destin’d end or way, 
Thus she dresses green and gay, But to act that each tomorrow 
To dispense our cares away. —Dyer. Finds us farther than today. —Long fellow. 
(tore chiefest action for a man of spirit, 
Is never to be out of action; we should think 
The soul was never put into the body, 
Which has so many rare and curious pieces 
Of mathematical motion, to stand still. 
Virtue is ever sowing her seeds. —wrebster. 
HE even grass beneath our feet We breathed a purer, better air; 
Was something greener and more sweet Our lives seemed wider and more fair, 
Than that which grew below. And earth with love aglow. ih 
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