Lupine, 
Lupinus polpplypllus. NaTurRAL OrvDER: Leguminose— Pulse Family. 
*"MONG our handsomest native plants, the Lupines find a 
2 recognized place, more especially the above, which is a fine 
variety from Oregon. Its height is from three to four feet, 
the foliage soft and silky, and the flowers yellow, purple, or 
0 white. There are numerous other varieties from different 
parts of the United States, both annual and perennial. The 
*\ Lupinus mutabilis (changeable) is from South America, and is said to 
; be changeable in the color of its blossoms. The ancients used a spe- 
BY. cies of Lupine for food, thinking it strengthened the intellect; and on 
e the stage the seeds were used by the players instead of real money. 
~y Lhe Latin name signifies wolfish, from /upus, a wolf, as it absorbs the 
fertility of the soil, to the detriment of other things; and polyphyllus, 
from the Greek, denotes many-leaved. 
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Varatinusness. 
HE turnpike road to people’s hearts, I find, 
Lies through their mouths, or I mistake mankind. 
—Dr. Walcot. 
es quite ashamed —’tis mighty rude ITTSIS holyday; provide me better cheer; 
To eat so much— but all’s so good Tis holyday; and shall be round the year; . 
I have a thousand thanks to give— Shall I my household gods and genius cheat, 
My lord alone knows how to live. To make him rich who grudges me my meat? 
"—Pofe. —Dryden. 
OME men are born to feast, and not to fight; 
Whose sluggish mind, e’en in fair honor’s field, 
Still on their dinner turn. —Foanna Baillie. 
EYOND the sense To dull satiety; till soft and slow 
Of light refection, at the genial board A drowsy death creeps on th’ expansive soul, 
Indulge not often; nor protract the feast Oppress’d and smother’d the celestial fire. 
—Armstrong. 
OT all on books their criticism waste, 
The genius of a dish some justly taste, 
‘i And eat their way to fame. —Young. i 
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