ftouseleck, 
Sempervioum tectorum, Narurar Orver: Crassulacee —Orpine Family, 
@ARIOUS peculiar shapes are assumed by this and other 
; plants of the same class. Some grow erect like the com- 
mon Orpine or Live-forever, while. the Houseleek assumes 
fj; the shape of a rosette, each thick, pointed leaf arranged in the 
2° most symmetrical ‘order, all being so hardy that they. survive the 
*" most adverse treatment; growing in poor soil, or even on walls or 
Ng k= housetops. Its name literally denotes, in Latin, the always alive of 
\ lee f roofs. The Echeveria, a native of California and Mexico, is the 
: handsomest of the family, as the leaves are covered with a fine 
ci “3 bloom, such as one sees on the cheek of a plum or a cluster of 
2 freshly-plucked grapes. The blossoms of some are scarlet, others 
ome fez are yellow. Many of them are most excellent for the dry air of the 
i “sitting-room, and do not require as much attention as most other house 
or conservatory plants. 
Viuatity. 
ER merry fit she freshly ’gan to rear, 
And did of joy and jollity devise, 
Herself to cherish and her guest to cheer. 
— Spenser. 
HE long carousal shakes th’ illumined hall, HE seasons all had charms for her, 
Well speeds alike the banquet and the ball; She welcomed each with jov: 
And the gay dance of bounding beauty’s train The charm that in her spirit liv'd 
Links grace and harmony in happiest chain. No changes could destroy. 
—Byron. — Mrs. Hale. 
EACH me half the gladness 
That thy brain must know 
Such harmonious madness 
From my lips would flow, 
The world should listen then, as I am listening now. 
—Percy Bysshe Shelly. 
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