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Mallow, 
_Malva sylvestris, Narurar Orver: Malvacee—Mallow Family. 
=2@s)°ALUED at all times for their emollient properties (whence 
© the name from the Greek malasso, 1 make soft, through the 
Ko Latin ma/va), the Mallows are a mucilaginous order of 
(© plants, allied to the hollyhock family. They are frequently 
* found in rural gardens as ornaments. The above species is 
about three feet high, with purplish-red flowers, and is called 
* High Mallow, to distinguish it from the Low Mallow, a prostrate 
af igs species, the seeds of which children call cheeses. The Mallow crispa 
ih ton is a very tall annual from Syria, with very large, roundish leaves, the 
ts ‘¥ borders of which are adorned with a very full, crisped or curled 
ilies < ruffling, and would appear to advantage as a foliage plant in the 
© borders in summer. ‘The Musk Mallow is from Great Britain, hav- 
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whole plant being pervaded by the odor from which it takes name. 
Gundness. 
OW far that little candle throws its beams! 
So shines a good deed in a naughty world. 
cays 
—Shakespeare. 
ORE sweet than odors caught by him who sails OOD, the more 
Near spicy shores of Araby the blest, Communicated, more abundant grows; 
A thousand times more exquisitely sweet, The author not impair’d, but honor’d more. 
The freight of holy feeling which we meet ee 
In thoughtful moments, wafted by the gales O be good is. to be happy; angels 
From fields where good men walk, or bowers Are happier than men because they’re better 
Wherein they rest. — Wordsworth. —Rowe. 
AN should dare all things that he knows is right, 
And fear to do no act save what is wrong; 
But guided safely by his inward light, 
And with a permanent belief, and strong, 
In Him who is our Father and our Friend, 
He should walk steadfastly unto the end. dp 
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