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Musk Plant. 
Mimulus moschatus. Narurar Orver: Scrophulariacee—Figwort Family. 
ip SUT few things in nature have the odor of musk, particularly 
in the vegetable kingdom; and this little, unobtrusive plant, 
so delicate and fragile, is cultivated for this property, other- 
wise it would be passed by for its more showy sisters; yet 
a_its blossoms look like drops of yellow gold among its pale- 
A green leaves. It is a native of Oregon. The other varieties 
¢ of the Mimulus are grown for their curious and striking flowers, 
#} which are usually yellow, velvety, and spotted with crimson, maroon, or 
- brown. They are well adapted for garden or house culture, but require 
moisture, and a little shelter from the scorching sun. Mimulus is derived 
from the Greek mmo, signifying an ape, from the grinning appearance 
of the corolla. Another variety is known as the Mimulus ringens, or 
Monkey-flower. 
A Meeting. 
HUNDRED thousand welcomes! I could weep, 
And I could laugh; I am light, and heavy; welcome. 
— Shakespeare. 
HERE ’S not a fiber in my trembling frame HEN lovers meet in adverse hour, 
That does not vibrate when thy step draws near; Tis like a sun-glimpse through a shower, 
There ’s not a pulse that throbs not when I hear A watery ray an instant seen, 
Thy voice, thy breathing, nay, thy very name. Then darkly-closing clouds between. 
—Frances Kemble Butler. —Scott, 
ND doth not‘a meeting like this make amends 
For all the long years I’ve been wand’ring away — 
To see thus around me my youth's early friends, 
As smiling and kind as in that happy day? 
T gives me wonder, great as my content, slices joy of meeting pays the pangs of absence, 
To see you here before me. —Shahespeare. Else who could bear it? =Abwe: 
ie that same place thou hast appointed me 
Tomorrow truly will I meet with thee. 
—Shakespeare, 
