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Gum Tree, 
Nyssa Multiflora. Naturar Orver: Cornacee—Dogwood Family. 
IS is a tall tree found throughout the United States, either 
in woodlands or along the roadside, growing both in dry 
and wet locations. The bark is of a light gray, and rough 
or broken on the surface, and at the height of fifty feet or 
more is a fine head of large, glossy, dark-green leaves. Its 
f flowers are small and of a greenish color, blooming in clus- 
p ters. The wood is much twisted and soft, but fine grained, and is 
used in the manufacture of naves of wheels and hatters’ blocks. One 
(of the species bears a small, blue fruit, which is the favorite food of 
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kuthusiasm. 
O wild enthusiast ever yet could rest, 
Till half mankind were like himself possessed. 
—Cowper. 
HE restless spirit charm’d thy sweet existence, HE caught th’ illusion—blest his name, 
Making all beauteous in youth’s pleasant maze, And wildly magnified his worth and fame; 
While gladsome hope illumed the onward distance, Rejoicing life’s reality contained 
And lit with sunbeams thy expectant days. One, heretofore, her fancy had but feigned. 
—Willis G. Clark. —Campbell. 
OUTH with swift feet walks onward in the way, 
The land of joy lies all before his eyes. 
—Mrs, Butler. 
GAZE upon the thousand stars I have such eagerness of hope 
That fill the midnight sky; To benefit my kind; 
And wish, so passionately wish, I feel as if immortal power 
A light like theirs on high. Were given to my mind. 
—Miss Landon. 
Oh! the joy 
Of young ideas painted on the mind, 
In the warm, glowing colors fancy spreads 
On objects not yet known, when all is new, 
And all is lovely. —Hannah Moore. 
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