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Stovse Chestunt. 
Aesculus Hippocastamm. Narurar Orver: Sapindacee—Soapberry Family. 
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of the latter half of the scientific name; and /#sculus, 
from the Latin esca, food, was originally applied to a spe- 
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Sel *cies of oak, and probably to other like trees with edible 
ise ky acorns or nuts. The flowers are white, marked with pink and yel- 
It is of very rapid growth, and reaches the height of thirty 
generally known by the name of Buckeye. The nuts are an irreg- 
\¢ ular, rounded shape, and a rich brown in tint. They are more or 
ES less injurious to all animals except deer. 
jurury. 
HESE thoughts he strove to bury in expense, 
Rich meats, rich wines, and vain magnificence. 
—Harte. 
LUXURY! thou curs’d by heaven’s decree, T is a shame that man, that has the seeds 
How ill-exchang’d are things like these for thee! Of virtue in him, springing unto glory, 
How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Should make his soul degenerous with sin, 
Diffuse thy pleasures only to destroy! And slave to luxury. 
—Goldsmith. —Marmyon. 
ELL luxury! more perilous to youth 
Than storms or quicksands, poverty or chains. 
—Hannah More. 
AR destroys men, but luxury mankind UT just disease to luxury succeeds, 
At once corrupts; the body and the mind. And ev’ry death its own avenger breeds. 
—Crown. —Popfe. 
9’TIS use alone that sanctifies expense, 
And splendor borrows all her rays from sense. 
—Pope. 
Rp : 163 a 
Cha gs. 
