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dndian Mallow, 
Abutilon Avice. Natrurar Orver: Malvacee —Mallow Family. 
{, Mallows bear the colder climates with an easy adaptability to 
<° circumstances, and favor us with their flowers -without stint. 
, The plant, as the name indicates, is a native of the East and 
Lo West Indies, growing about the height of the hollyhock, hav- 
ing broad, velvety leaves, and producing flowers about an inch 
. across, the color of which is yellow. Another species of Abutilon, adapted 
only to house or conservatory growth, is a shrub from Brazil, growing 
several feet in height, with broad, palmate leaves, and handsome, bell- 
shaped flowers of yellow, curiously veined with a dark red. Planted in 
the ground in the greenhouse, the trunk becomes several inches in thick- 
ness, but can accommodate itself to limited quarters in pot culture. To 
bloom well it must have the sun. The origin of the name Abutilon is 
unknown; Avicenna was a celebrated Arabian physician and philosopher 
of the middle ages. 
Bistimation, 
HE attracts me daily with her gentle virtues, 
So soft, and beautiful, and heavenly. 
—Fames A. Hillhouse. 
RIENDSHIP is no plant of hasty growth, OW much to be priz’d and esteem’d is a friend, 
Tho’ planted in esteem’s deep-fixed soil, On whom we can always with safety depend! 
The gradual culture of kind intercourse Our joys, when extended, will always increase, 
Must bring it to perfection. © —oanna Baillie, And griefs, when divided, are hush’d into peace. 
—Mrs. Margaret Smith, 
HOU gav’st me that the poor do give the poor, 
Kind words and holy wishes, and true tears; 
The loved, the near of kin, could do no more, 
Who changed not with the gloom of varying years, 
But clung the closer when I stood forlorn, 
—Mrs, Norton, 
And blunted slander’s dart with their indignant scorn. 
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